Turkey: The dried fruit sector closed the first 6 months with a 13% increase in exports

Dried fruit and products sector, which exported 604 million dollars in the January-June 2020 period, achieved an export of 685 million dollars with an increase of 13 percent in the first half of this year. The share of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association in exports was 53 percent with 362 million dollars. Evaluating the export data for the first 6 months of 2021, Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association President Birol Celep stated that we are the clear leader in the world, and that they sell products worth 191 million dollars by sending the seedless raisins, 95 percent of which are produced from the Aegean Region, to 94 countries. . Dried apricots are in second place, dried figs are in third place. According to the information given by Celep, the other products that were exported the most in Turkey in the first half of 2021 were dried apricots with 141 million dollars and dried figs with 104 million dollars. All dried apricots, which were ...