Turkish honey earned 15.3 million dollars in 4 months

Eastern Black Sea Exporters Union Deputy Chairman of the Board Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan said that in the first 4 months of the year, honey was sold to 47 countries from Turkey. Stating that in this period, 5 thousand 819 tons of honey has been obtained in return for 15 million 261 thousand 559 dollars, Gürdoğan stated that in the same period of last year, 2 thousand 482 tons of honey was sold and 9 million 490 thousand 390 dollars of foreign currency inflow was obtained. "Honey exports increased by 134 percent" Gürdoğan said, "Honey exports increased by 134 percent in quantity and 61 percent in value compared to the same period of the previous year. The USA, Germany and Spain were the countries with the highest export volume. This period was 4 million 846 thousand 410 dollars to the USA, 2 million to Spain. Honey was sold for 612 thousand 571 dollars and to Spain for 2 million 291 thousand 241 dollars. Stating that the increase in honey exports is pleasing, Gürdoğan stated that in ...