İzmir Ticaret Borsası (Izmir Commodity Exchange): physical commodity exchange in Izmir
Izmir Commodity Exchange is an important agricultural trading institution in Türkiye's Aegean region.
AGR-024 · Physical commodity exchange · Izmir, Türkiye · TRY
Regional agricultural trading and transaction registration; cotton and raisin references
Izmir Commodity Exchange is an important agricultural trading institution in Türkiye's Aegean region. It combines organised trading in selected commodities with transaction registration and market information. Cotton and seedless-raisin references are particularly useful to international buyers. The institution is broader than those two products, however: its annual reporting also covers substantial activity in goods such as red meat, soybeans, palm oil, cheese and milk. A user seeking a supplier should distinguish the relevant trading hall from the exchange's entire registration business.
Registered trading value reached approximately TRY 177 billion in 2025, a nominal increase of 49% over the previous year. This does not establish an equivalent increase in physical quantities, especially where commodity prices and exchange rates are changing. The whole-exchange figure is neither cotton-hall turnover nor the value of Turkish exports. Analyse the registration scope and commodity before using the statistics to judge available supply or liquidity. Large aggregate turnover can coexist with very different conditions in individual product categories.
A cotton buyer should agree fibre characteristics, grade, parcel size, collection point and payment terms. For raisins, variety, size, moisture, residues and packaging are important procurement questions. Trading-hall screens provide price references, but the operator distinguishes offers from transactions and flags periods when previous-day information is displayed. A published minimum or maximum therefore does not guarantee that an arbitrary quantity can be bought at that price. Save the date and status of a quotation with the product specification before comparing it with a supplier's commercial offer.
A seller should decide whether to become a member, use an authorised intermediary or supply an established merchant. Check the current tariff and documentation requirements for the chosen transaction route. Export sales require a separate agreement on the buyer's specification, testing and transport documentation; domestic registration alone does not demonstrate compliance with every destination requirement. Compare offers using the same currency, unit and delivery basis, and record payment deadlines in writing. When working with historical data, retain whether each observation is an offer, a preliminary transaction or an approved record. That distinction helps avoid treating price indications with different levels of confirmation as equivalent completed sales.
What is priced: Grains, oilseeds and pulses, Fruit, Livestock and meat, Milk and dairy, Coffee, cocoa, tea, sugar, cotton, rubber and spices, Vegetable oils and olive oil
Where to find the prices
- Cotton (Web page, Free)
- Seedless raisins (Web page, Free)
- Soybeans; palm oil; red meat; cheese; Milk (PDF, Free)
- Live animal & meat trading hall (Web page, Daily, Free)
- Daily reference (closing) price bulletin (Web page, Daily, Free)
- Daily registration bulletin (Web page, Daily, Free)
- Monthly commodity prices bulletin (Web page, Monthly, Free)
Products and quotations
Cotton; Seedless raisins; Soybeans; Palm oil; Red meat; Cheese; Milk
Key figures
- Registered trading value: 177,000,000,000 TRY (2025). Whole exchange scope, including animal products.
- Year-on-year growth in trading value: 49 % (2025). Nominal TRY terms; not physical volume growth.
Sources
- İTB — 2025 report
- İTB — cotton
- İTB — raisins
- İTB — fees
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