Exports of cherries in Turkiye made everyone smile

Published 2024년 4월 29일

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Turkey, the world's leading cherry producer, has raised its export target from $250 million to $300 million, aiming to earn $300 million by exporting 120 thousand tons of cherries in 2024. The country expects a yield of 725 thousand tons from 22 million cherry trees. The early cherry production regions, Manisa Şehzadeler district and İzmir Kemalpaşa district, contribute significantly to the export of 83 thousand tons of cherries worth $215.796 million to 55 countries in 2023. There is potential for further increase in exports with the use of air cargo. Manisa Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Metin Öztürk stated that Manisa provides a great advantage to producers with its early cherry production.

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Turkey, the world leader in cherry production, increased its export target from 250 million dollars to 300 million dollars, with the effect of the positive progress in cherry yield and quality in the 2-week period after the first harvest. CLICK FOR PHOTOS Hayrettin Ucak, Deputy Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters' Association and President of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association, stated that they aim to obtain 300 million dollars of foreign currency by exporting 120 thousand tons of cherries in 2024. Ucak, who visited the cherry orchards in the Şehzadeler district of Manisa, which grew the first cherries in the Northern Hemisphere, noted that they have entered a cherry season in which the yield and quality are very good. Underlining that they expect a yield of 725 thousand tons from 22 million cherry trees in Turkey, Yavaş said, “We are aiming to export around 120 thousand tons of cherries this year. I hope we will achieve that target. "I think we will be ...

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