Export value of 729 million dollars from tomatoes and tomato products in Turkey

Published Feb 18, 2022

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In 2021, Turkey's tomato and tomato product exports brought in $729 million, marking a 20% increase from the previous year, with fresh tomatoes making up nearly half of these exports. The country aims to reach $1 billion in tomato exports by 2023. In January 2022, fresh tomato exports rose by 23% compared to the same period in the previous year. Besides fresh tomatoes, the country also exports significant amounts of tomato paste, dried tomatoes, and various tomato products to a variety of countries, with Russia, Romania, and Bulgaria being the top buyers of fresh tomatoes, and Iraq, Italy, and Germany being the main buyers of tomato paste.

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Last year, 729 million dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided to the country from tomatoes and tomato products, and 1 billion dollars of export is targeted until 2023. Fresh tomatoes, which provided a return of 363 million dollars with an increase of 16 percent last year, continued its increase in exports in the first month of this year. Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters' Association President Hayrettin Plane said, "We expect an increase in the exports of tomatoes and related products again in 2022." According to the information compiled from the data of Aegean Exporters' Associations (EIB), Turkey is among the important countries of the world in tomato production with an annual 14 million tons. Tomatoes and products such as sauce, ketchup and tomato juice obtained from tomatoes stand out as important export products. In 2021, Turkey earned $729 million in foreign exchange revenue from the exports of tomatoes and products made from tomatoes, with an increase of ...

Source: Gidatarim