Türkiye is the world leader in dried apricot exports

Published 2024년 8월 8일

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Turkey's dried apricot exports for the 2023/24 season reached 399 million dollars for 66,832 tons, with the average export price increasing by 10.5% to 5,967 dollars per ton. Despite a 17% decrease in quantity, the decrease in foreign exchange earnings was limited to 8%. The Aegean Exporters' Associations aims to export 107,000 tons in the 2024/25 season to distant markets like China, Japan, Brazil, and South Korea. The United States was the top importer of Turkish dried apricots, with a demand of 63.6 million dollars. The TURQUALITY Project, conducted by the Aegean Exporters' Association in the USA, increased exports to the US market. The Southeastern Anatolia Exporters Association and Mediterranean Exporters' Associations also contributed significantly to the exports.

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The 2023/24 season of dried apricots, of which Turkey is the world leader in production and export, amounted to 399 million dollars for 66 thousand 832 tons. Dried apricot exports were 80 thousand 388 tons in quantity in the 2022/23 season, while the foreign currency equivalent was 434 million 272 thousand dollars. While the average export price of dried apricots in the 2022/23 season was 5 thousand 402 dollars per ton, it increased by 10.5 percent to 5 thousand 967 dollars in the 2023/24 season. Thanks to this increase, dried apricot exports decreased by 17 percent on a quantity basis, while the decrease in foreign exchange earnings was limited to 8 percent. Işık: "We aim to export 107 thousand tons of dried apricots in the 2024/25 season" Stating that they entered the 2024/25 season with the target of a 'Golden Year' in yellow apricots, Aegean Exporters' Associations Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator and Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association ...

Source: Sondakika