Turkish aquaculture industry exported 1.4 billion dollars last year

Published 2022년 1월 6일

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The Turkish aquaculture sector saw a significant growth in 2021, with exports reaching $1.401 million, a 33% increase from the previous year's record of $1.51 million. The sector also experienced a 21% increase in quantity-based exports, with sea bass being the top exported fish species. Russia was the main importer of these exports, followed by Italy, England, the Netherlands, and Japan. The sector aims to further increase its exports to $1.75 billion in 2022, marking a 25% increase.

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İZMİR (AA) - HALİL ŞAHİN - Turkish aquaculture sector reached an export figure of 1 billion 401 million dollars in 2021. According to the data compiled by AA correspondent from the Aegean Exporters' Association, the aquaculture sector, which developed with the 2000s, increased its record of 1 billion 51 million dollars in 2020, which was recorded as the "highest export in the history of the republic", by 33 percent in 2021. The quantity-based exports of the Turkish aquaculture sector increased from 198 thousand tons to 240 thousand tons. Thus, the sector's exports on a quantity basis increased by 21 percent. While the average export price of the aquaculture industry was $5.23 per kilogram in 2020, it increased by 12% to $5.84 per kilogram in 2021. Sea bass, of which Turkey is the leader in production, also ranked first in exports. Sea bass increased its export amount of 355 million dollars in 2020 to 467 million dollars in 2021 with an increase of 32 percent and maintained its ...

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