Turkey: In Tokat, the income from cherries will increase as exports are made through cooperatives.

Ali Çelik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tokat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TSO), said, "We brought together 4 villages and established a cooperative. Here we established a packaging and calibration facility related to making the cherry suitable for export. I hope we will export directly from Tokat from that facility next year." said. About 60 percent of cherry species such as "Napoleon", "Lambert", "Vink" and "Stella", especially "Ziraat 0900" grown throughout the province, are sent abroad. After Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy, work is underway to export the slap cherry to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, China and the United Arab Emirates. In this context, S.S. was established in partnership with the villages of Kemalpaşa, Akyamaç, Kömeç and Emirseyit. With the Tokat Cherry and Fruit Producers Agricultural Development Cooperative, it is aimed to export cherries from outside the city from the city, thus increasing the income of the city. ...