Turkey: An export target of 1.5 billion dollars by 2023 was set

While Turkey's fresh fruit, vegetable and products sectors reached 5 billion 111 million dollars in exports in 2021, Aegean exporters increased their exports by 60 percent in the last four years and realized 23 percent of this export with a performance of 1 billion 182 million dollars. Stating that they broke export records for the last 4 years by exporting the flavors grown in the Aegean Region to all over the world, Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters' Association President Hayrettin Aircraft said that 1 billion 300 million dollars in 2022, 1.5 billion dollars in 2023 flavor exports. He stated that they aim to be the leading sector in the export of herbal products in the Aegean Region. Explaining that they increased their exports from 739 million dollars in 2017 to 1 billion 182 million dollars with an increase of 60 percent at the end of 2021, with over 600 members, Uçar said, “With the pandemic, there has been an increase in demand in exports of fresh fruits, ...