Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 284 million dollars

Ferhat Gürüz, President of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated in his written statement that fresh fruit and vegetable exports across the country increased by 14 percent in May compared to the same period last year. Sharing the information that 354 thousand 282 tons of products were evaluated in international markets in the said period, Gürüz said, "In May, fresh fruit and vegetable exports across Turkey reached 284 million dollars. As the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, we have a 43 percent share in this performance of the sector. In this period, our regional exports were 122 million dollars." "It amounted to 4 million dollars." he said. Gürüz stated that there have been significant increases in foreign sales on a country basis and said: "The countries to which our industry exported the most in May were Russia, Iraq and Germany. We achieved increases of 339 percent in the ...