Turkey: AKİB exported 1.25 billion dollars of fresh fruit and vegetables

Fruits

Vegetables

Turkiye

Published Jan 18, 2022

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Nejdat Sin, Coordinator Chairman of Mediterranean Exporters' Associations (AKİB) and Chairman of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association, announced that they realized 41 percent of Turkey's 3.08 billion dollars of fresh fruit and vegetable exports in 2021. President Sin noted that with this export of 1.25 billion dollars, as AKİB, they continue to be the leader of the sector by far.

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President Nejdat Sin stated that in the process where close locations came to the forefront due to the increase in freight prices on a global scale and the problems of not finding containers, Turkey has achieved significant advantages in the export of fresh fruits and vegetables in the CIS, Europe and Middle East markets by combining its production power and geographical location. Our country's exports of fresh fruits and vegetables reached 3 billion 82 million dollars with an increase of 13 percent compared to the previous year. Our industry, which adds value to a total of 5 million 26 thousand tons of products in international markets, is supported by our Çukurova provinces, which have fertile soils and rich agricultural product diversity. Mersin was at the top of our provinces with a value of 673.3 million dollars, Hatay came in third with a value of 482.2 million dollars, and Adana came in seventh with a value of 126.4 million dollars. 68 percent of the total export sales of ...

Source: Sondakika