Turkey's exports of dried fruits and products reached 1 billion 103 million dollars

Published 2023년 8월 27일

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Turkey's exports of dried fruits and products reached $1.1 billion, with a 5% increase compared to the previous season. Turkey is the global leader in dried figs, raisins, and dried apricots, recognized as healthy food products by the World Health Organization. The United States was the largest importer of Turkish dried apricots, while the United Kingdom dominated in the export of seedless raisins, and the USA had the highest demand for dried figs. Turkey aims to bring in $250 million in dried fig exports and $250 million in dried apricot exports.

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Turkey's exports of dried fruits and products amounted to 1 billion 103 million dollars. Mehmet Ali Işık, President of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association, stated that Turkey is by far the world leader in dried figs, raisins and dried apricots, which are included in the list of healthy food products by the World Health Organization. Pointing out that according to the data of Aegean Exporters' Associations, the exports of the products in question rose to 1 billion 103 million dollars this season, with an increase of 5 percent compared to the previous season, as of August 19, Işık said: "Turkey sent the most apricots to the United States in the 2022-23 season. Our dried apricot exports to the USA increased to 72 million dollars with an increase of 26 percent. France ranked second with an increase of 13 percent with 40 million dollars of dried apricot exports, while Germany Turkish apricots demanded 33 million dollars with an increase of 14. While the United ...

Source: Sondakika