Turkey: Honey exports from Eastern Black Sea to 11 countries

Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association, said that 335 tons of honey was exported from the region in 7 months. Kalyoncu, who stated that 1 million 411 thousand 504 dollars of income was gained from exports, said, "The USA ranked first with 665 thousand 390 dollars. The USA was followed by Germany with 376 thousand 367 dollars and Saudi Arabia with 154 thousand 53 dollars. Honey was also sold from the region to the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Qatar, Oman, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium and the United Kingdom during the period in question." Kalyoncu emphasized that honey is one of the important export products of the region and said, "Our expectations from honey exports are always high. We believe that our exports can be increased even more with geographically indicated and branded ...