Turkey: Dried apricot export of 169.5 million dollars from Malatya

Published 2023년 6월 7일

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In May, Turkey's Malatya region, known for its geographical indication certificate for apricots in the EU, saw significant revenue from dried apricot exports, bringing in $30.69 million from 4,957 tons to 110 countries. This represents a increase in both quantity and income compared to the same period last year, with a total revenue of $169.58 million from 31,115 tons over the first five months. Despite earthquake challenges, the dried apricot exports remain strong, with the harvest expected to begin in early July.

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According to the information compiled from the data of Malatya Trade Exchange, Malatya apricot, Turkey's product with geographical indication certificate in the European Union, continues to make us smile with its export income. In May, 30 million 686 thousand dollars of foreign exchange input was provided in return for 4 thousand 957 tons of dried apricot exports. In the first 5 months of the year, 31 thousand 115 tons of dried apricots were produced to 110 countries including France, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Russia, Israel, Italy, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Canada and Egypt. was exported, revenue of 169 million 582 thousand dollars was obtained. In the same period of last year, a foreign exchange inflow of 143 million 318 thousand dollars was provided to the country in return for 28 thousand 205 tons of dried apricot exports from Malatya, where most of the world's dried apricot production is carried out. Ramazan Özcan, Chairman of Malatya ...

Source: Bursahakimiyet