Turkey's dried fig exports increased by 12 percent

Published 2024년 10월 7일

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Turkey's dried fig exports saw a 12% increase in the 2023-2024 season, reaching $292 million compared to the previous season's $259 million. The country, being the world leader in dried fig production and export, has successfully increased its exports by collaborating with various stakeholders and implementing measures to ensure quality and prevent contamination. The sector aims to further increase its exports to $300 million in the 2024-2025 season. There has been a notable increase in exports to the American continent and Far Eastern countries in the past decade. In the 2023-2024 season, the United States was the leading market for Turkish dried figs, with an export of $59.37 million.

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Dried figs left the 2023-2024 season behind with an export amount of 292 million dollars with a 12 percent increase. Turkey left the 2022-2023 season behind with 259 million dollars of dried fig exports. Stating that Turkey is the world leader in dried fig production and export, Aegean Exporters' Association Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator and Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association President Mehmet Ali Işık emphasized that they achieved success in the 2023-2024 season by acting in cooperation as producers, merchants, universities, public and exporters. Işık, who stated that they are working to establish a system from the farmer to the shelf as a sector in order not to experience problems due to aflatoxin and ochratoxin in dried figs, said, "We have distributed grocer and oleic bags to producers for many years in order to prevent the increase in the frequency of control in our largest export market, the European Union. In the 2023-2024 season, we ...

Source: Sondakika