Eastern Black Sea’s Turkish salmon exports increased by 10 percent

Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters' Association, said that 19,989 tons of Turkish salmon were exported from the region to 22 countries in the first eight months of the year. Kalyoncu, who stated that 114 million 420 thousand 684 dollars of income was obtained from exports, stated that the amount increased by 22 percent and the value by 10 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, when 104 million 396 thousand 125 dollars of income was obtained for 16 thousand 445 tons of exports. Russia is in first place Drawing attention to the fact that the Russian Federation is the leader in Turkish salmon exports, Kalyoncu continued his words as follows: "The Russian Federation ranked first in Turkish salmon exports from our region between January and August with a share of 79 million 330 thousand 220 dollars. The Russian Federation was followed by Belarus with 13 million 920 thousand 9 dollars and Vietnam with 10 million 27 thousand 709 dollars." ...