Export of dried apricots from Turkish Malatya will grow to $450 million by the end of the season

The volume of deliveries of dried apricots from the Turkish province of Malatya for the first ten months of the export season amounted to $390 million. By the end of the season, the province plans to increase the cost of exporting dried apricots to $450 million, Ramazan Ozcan, head of the Malatya Chamber of Commerce, told Anadolu Agency. The Turkish province of Malatya accounts for most of the world's exports of this type of dried fruit. In total, 73,034 tons of dried apricots worth $390 million have been exported since the beginning of the season. In the same period last season, exports amounted to 74,599 tons worth $339,952,000, Ozcan said. The export season of dried apricots in Turkey begins annually on August 1st. See also: New collapse of the Turkish lira - we are waiting for the influx of imported fruits from Turkey Dried apricots from Malatya entered the shelves of 110 countries. The United States became the main importer of dried ...