Eastern Black Sea’s 7-month Turkish salmon exports increased by 3 percent

Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association, told AA that 16,968 tons of Turkish salmon were exported from the region to 19 countries this year. Kalyoncu, who stated that 93 million 923 thousand 74 dollars of income was obtained from exports, noted that the amount increased by 20 percent and the value by 3 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, when 91 million 428 thousand 514 dollars were earned for 14 thousand 107 tons of exports. Kalyoncu pointed out that the Russian Federation was the leader in Turkish salmon exports, as in every period, and said, "The Russian Federation, Belarus and Vietnam were the 3 countries with the most exports. During this period, 62 million 634 thousand 579 dollars of salmon were exported to the Russian Federation, 11 million 394 thousand 320 dollars to Belarus and 10 million 27 thousand 709 dollars to Vietnam." Kalyoncu, who drew attention to the fact that 56 million 872 thousand 796 dollars of regional ...