Ukraine is in the top three importers of Turkish avocados

In Turkey, avocado production has tripled in the last 5 years - to 18 thousand tons, and exports during this period increased 17 times. This was reported by EastFruit. The volume of production of this fruit in 2020, according to the agency "Anadolu" with reference to the Institute of Statistics of Turkey (TÜİK), increased by 40.5% compared to the previous year, amounting to 5,917 tons. Over the past five years, avocado production in Turkey has tripled compared to 1,950 tons in 2016. In monetary terms, the volume of avocado exports over the past 5 years amounted to about $ 3.53 million, including in 2020 - $ 1.48 million, while in 2016 this figure was only $ 464 thousand. Thus, over the past 5 years, the volume Avocado exports grew 17 times. Last year, Turkey exported avocados to 34 countries, among which Russia became the main importer, buying avocados worth $ 308.1 thousand. Also in the top 3 importers of Turkish avocados were Ukraine - $ 307.5 thousand and Bulgaria - $ 135.7. In ...