Turkey exported 67 million dollars of white poppy to India after 2.5 years

Aegean Exporters' Association announced that after two and a half years, Turkey exports white poppy, which is used in medicine and cosmetics, to India. According to the statement made by the Aegean Exporters' Association; In May and June, 15 thousand 712 tons of white poppy was exported to India for 67 million 380 thousand dollars. In the written statement made by the Aegean Exporters' Associations, it was stated that 67 million 380 thousand dollars of foreign currency income was obtained with the export of 15 thousand 712 tons of white poppy to India in May and June. The export of poppy seeds, which was $7.9 million in the first half of 2021, climbed to $81 million with a record increase of 923 percent with the opening of the Indian market in the January-June period of 2022," the statement said. Muhammet Öztürk, President of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters' Association, shared the information that exports, which had been interrupted for two and a half ...