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World wheat flour trade is set to decline for a second straight year in 2025/26, dropping to 16.0 million tonnes ((wheat equivalent), a four-year low, as structurally weaker demand in Iraq and Sudan reflects a broader shift toward domestic milling and wheat grain imports.

When macroeconomic balances deteriorate, the effects spread across the wheat value chain: input costs rise, financing burdens deepen, public regulation becomes more expensive, and milling margins come under pressure.

Türkiye’s flour exports fell to 2.36 million metric tons in 2025, but a sharp rise in shipments to Syria helped cushion the downturn after Iraq’s purchases contracted steeply, the head of IAOM Eurasia said.

Nevin Ulusoy, co-founder of Ulusoy Flour, speaks to Miller Magazine about her determined transition from teaching to milling and the “quiet work” behind one of Türkiye’s leading flour groups.

Haluk Tezcan, Chairman of the Aegean Flour Industrialists’ Association (EUSD), was elected for a 3-year term at the Ordinary General Assembly of the Turkish Flour Industrialists’ Federation (TUSAF).