Turkey: Dried apricot exports approach 300 million dollars

In September, 8,928 tons of Malatya apricots, one of Turkey's geographically registered products in the European Union, were exported. Exporters who sold 50,919 tons of apricots in the first 9 months of the year provided a foreign exchange inflow of 286 million 913 thousand dollars. Producers who earned 290 million dollars in revenue in return for 50,777 exports in the same period last year continue exports without slowing down. Ramazan Özcan, Chairman of the Malatya Chamber of Commerce, told AA correspondent that dried apricot exports have an important place in the city's economy. Özcan pointed out that the income obtained from dried apricot exports is important in terms of the revival and recovery of the city's economy, and explained that efforts are being made to continue exports steadily and find new markets. APRICOT EXPORTERS AIM TO CLOSE THE YEAR WITH 80 THOUSAND TONS Özcan, who stated that the export figures made in September this year increased compared to the same period ...