Turkey: Eastern Black Sea honey export reached 2.1 million dollars

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association, told journalists that 734 tons of honey were exported from the Eastern Black Sea in 8 months of the year. Emphasizing that 2 million 101 thousand dollars of income was obtained from the export in question, Gürdoğan said, "In the same period last year, 451 tons of honey worth 1 million 105 thousand dollars were exported from our region. Thus, honey exports from the Eastern Black Sea increased by 63 percent in amount compared to the same period of the previous year. "The value increased by 90 percent." he said. Gürdoğan stated that the most honey from the region was exported to the USA in the January-August period and said, "The USA was followed by Israel and Saudi Arabia. In this period, from our region, 1 million 2 thousand 62 honey was exported to the USA, 378 thousand 786 to Israel and Saudi Arabia." "Honey worth 200 thousand 134 dollars was sold to Turkey." said. ...