Turkey: 1.25 billion dollars of fresh fruit and vegetable exports from AKIB

Published 2022년 1월 17일

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Turkey has seen a 13% increase in fresh fruit and vegetable exports, reaching $3.82 billion in 2021, due to strategic advantages from increased freight costs and container shortages. The country's most significant exports were citrus fruits, with Mersin, Hatay, and Adana being the leading provinces. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing emphasis on safe, quality, sustainable, and innovative agricultural products, especially traceability from farm to table. President Nejdat Sin emphasized the need for strengthening logistics infrastructure, reducing pesticide use, and optimizing railway use for export to target markets. Mandarin, tomato, and lemon were the top exports, with the Russian Federation being the primary market.

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President Nejdat Sin stated that in the process where close locations came to the forefront due to the increase in freight prices on a global scale and the problems of not finding containers, Turkey has achieved significant advantages in the export of fresh fruits and vegetables in the CIS, Europe and Middle East markets by combining its production power and geographical location. Fresh fruit and vegetable exports of our country increased by 13 percent compared to the previous year and reached 3 billion 82 million dollars. Our industry, which adds value to a total of 5 million 26 thousand tons of products in international markets, was supported by our Çukurova provinces, which have fertile lands and rich agricultural product diversity. Mersin was at the top of our provinces that exported the most fresh fruits and vegetables, with a value of 673.3 million dollars. Hatay came in third with a value of 482.2 million dollars and Adana in seventh place with a value of 126.4 million ...

Source: Milliyet Agri News