Turkey: $8 million in revenue from sea snail exports

According to the compilation made by the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association (DKİB), sea snails were sold to 7 countries in the first 6 months of the year. Sea snail exports, which were recorded as 646 tons in January-June 2022 as 4 million 84 thousand 912 dollars, earned 7 million 954 thousand 242 dollars in the same period of this year, corresponding to 794 tons. The 6-month export of sea snails, which are not consumed in Turkey and are only caught for export, increased by 23 percent in quantity and 95 percent in value. Sea snails, whose exports increase every year, received the highest demand from the Republic of South Korea in the first half of the year. Sea snails were also sold to the Republic of South Korea, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Spain, Taiwan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Black Sea exports also increased by 98 percent The Black Sea Region covered 4 million 743 thousand 855 dollars of Turkey's sea snail exports. In the first half of the year, 4 million 743 ...