Germany is the leader in Turkey's dried fruit export with 132 million dollars

Published Dec 22, 2021

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Turkey is the global leader in the production and export of dried apricots, dried figs, and raisins, accounting for 16% of the world's dried fruit production. It has exceeded 132.3 million dollars in exports to Germany alone in 2021. The Online Dried Fruit Meeting, organized by the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association and Waren-Verein der Hamburger Börse, discussed the industry's opportunities and challenges. The meeting highlighted the need for sustainable production and export growth, improving the value chain, increasing organic production, and overcoming future hurdles. Both countries share a commitment to sustainable and efficient practices, aiming to strengthen their relationship and ensure a sustainable future in the dried fruit trade.

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Turkey is the world's largest producer and exporter of dried apricots, dried figs and raisins. While Turkey's high quality and healthy dried fruits are exported to 150 countries, they are in high demand, especially in Germany. Germany imported 132.3 million dollars of Turkish dried fruit in the 11-month period of 2021. Experts of the dried fruit sector and Turkish and German stakeholders came together at the Online Dried Fruit Meeting organized by the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association, which alone accounts for 55 percent of dried fruit exports in Turkey, in cooperation with Waren-Verein der Hamburger Börse and FRUCOM. At the meeting, attended by 167 people, they discussed the current opportunities and challenges in the dried fruit industry, as well as the future of the German-Turkish dried fruit trade, which has already exceeded 132.3 million dollars in volume. Pointing out that the intense participation reveals the desire on both sides to intensify economic ...

Source: Gidatarim