Turkey: Eastern Black Sea salmon exports increased by 45 percent

Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association, said that 12 thousand 633 tons of Turkish salmon were exported from the region to 19 countries. Stating that 67 million 125 thousand 19 dollars of income was obtained from these exports, Kalyoncu stated that exports increased by 86 percent in amount and 45 percent in value compared to the same period of the previous year, when 46 million 312 thousand 374 dollars were earned, equivalent to 6 thousand 804 tons. Kalyoncu pointed out that the Russian Federation was the leader in Turkish salmon exports and said, "The Russian Federation, Vietnam and Belarus were the three countries with the most exports. In this period, 42 million 640 thousand 594 to the Russian Federation and 9 million 663 thousand to Vietnam." "Salmon worth 162 million dollars and 6 million 711 thousand 966 dollars were exported to Belarus." he said. Pointing out that 41 million 626 thousand 727 dollars of the region's ...