Turkey: Fisheries exports reached 829 million dollars

Seafood

Turkiye

Published Jul 30, 2023

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In the first half of 2023, Turkey's aquaculture sector increased its exports by 9% compared to the same period in 2022, bringing in $829 million in foreign currency. Sea bass remained the most exported fish species, followed by sea bream and salmon. Turkey aims to reach a production capacity of 1 million tons and increase exports to $2 billion by 2024.

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One of the star sectors of exports in Turkey after 2000, the first half of the 2023 year report card in the export of fishery products has been announced. The aquaculture sector, which brought 760 million dollars of foreign currency to Turkey in the January-June period of 2022, increased its exports to 829 million dollars in the first half of 2023 with an increase of 9 percent. According to the data of Aegean Exporters' Associations; When fisheries exports are analyzed on the basis of quantity, the export of fisheries products, which was 117 thousand tons in the January-June period of 2022, reached 125 thousand tons with an increase of 7 percent in the same period of 2023. Sea bass is at the top of exports In the aquaculture sector, sea bass remained the most exported fish species with an amount of 263 million dollars, while sea bream exports increased by 10 percent from 195 million dollars to 215.7 million dollars. The export rate of Turkish salmon, which has been shining in ...

Source: Tarim Pusulasi