Turkish avocados sell for $5 per kilogram in the Russian market

Prices are satisfactory in Antalya, where approximately 70 percent of Turkey's avocado production is met. Currently, two fruits, fuerte and baby, are being harvested from the trees, albeit in small quantities. The price of avocado, which has become an indispensable product for breakfast tables and restaurants in Turkey, especially in metropolitan cities, increased by 50 percent within a month. The price of avocado, which was 50 liras per kilo and 15 liras per kilo last month, has increased by a hundred percent these days. Avocados have recently been in great demand in the Russian market as well as in the domestic market. There are no Turkish avocados sold in the Russian market, especially due to their taste, consistency, smell and oiliness. In this period when the product was scarce, an exporter took a big risk and bought an order for one truck. Tahsin Yılmaz managed to send a truck full of 18 tons of avocados to Russia, which he prepared to be sent to Moscow. Stating that he ...