Turkey: Frozen fruit and vegetable exports increased by 32 percent

Published 2021년 7월 18일

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Turkey's fruit and vegetable product sector has seen a 32% increase in frozen fruit and vegetable exports in the first half of 2021, reaching $118 million. The sector aims to export $250 million by the end of the year, having exported $203 million last year. The United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom are the dominant countries in frozen fruit and vegetable exports to 121 countries. The demand for value-added and technologically advanced frozen food products is increasing, with a high export unit price per kilogram due to their nutritional value, aroma, and shape preservation.

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In the January-June period, the fruit and vegetable products sector realized an export of 118 million dollars in frozen fruit and vegetables in Turkey with an increase of 32 percent. Having reached an export figure of 203 million dollars last year, the sector aims to export 250 million dollars at the end of the year. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association President Hayrettin Airplane, who said that Turkey's overall fresh fruit and vegetable product exports reached 935 million dollars in the first half of 2021, said, "In the first 6 months of 2021, our frozen fruit and vegetable exports, which was 89 million dollars last year, increased by 32 percent. We moved to 118 million dollars with acceleration. 70 million dollars of our frozen product exports are vegetables and 48 million dollars are fruit group. Canada ranks first in our frozen strawberry exports, which reached 22 million dollars with an increase of 37 percent in the first half of the year. Another product ...

Source: Sondakika