Turkey: export leader in fresh fruit and vegetables Mersin

According to the information compiled from the Mersin Agriculture and Forestry Directorate and the Mediterranean Exporters' Unions (AKIB), the export of fresh fruits and vegetables was recorded as 2 billion 730 million 157 thousand dollars with an increase of 21 percent compared to the previous year. During this period, 46 percent of exports were made to the Commonwealth of Independent States, 30 percent to the European Union countries, 14 percent to the Middle East countries, and 10 percent to other countries. The leading export market of the sector, the Russian Federation, was the country with the highest exports last year with $ 948 million 942 thousand. Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable store in Mersin last year, with 653 million 539 thousand dollars dışsatı among cities with the greatest foreign currency inflow received in the first place. Mersin's exports rose by 9 percent on quantity basis and 18 percent on value basis during this period. ...