Table olive exports from Turkey exceeded 100 thousand tons

Turkish olive growing sector; It showed an export performance of 184 million 510 thousand dollars in table olives in the 2022/23 season, which it entered as the world's first with a yield of 735 thousand tons. Turkey exported table olives worth 172 million 531 thousand dollars in the 2021/22 season. The amount of foreign currency obtained from table olive exports increased by 7 percent. According to Aegean Exporters' Association data; While black olive exports were recorded as 137 million 705 thousand dollars, equivalent to 75 thousand 295 tons, green olive exports were recorded as 46 million 805 thousand dollars, equivalent to 25 thousand 76 tons. The number of countries to which Turkey exports table olives is 117. Stating that Turkey has started to reap the rewards of its investments in the olive growing sector in the last 20 years, Davut Er, President of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, stated that the amount of 184 million 510 thousand dollars obtained in ...