A historical record of Turkey's table olive exports

Noting that Turkey has reaped the fruits of its investments in the olive sector for the last 25 years with the development in export figures, Davut Er, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters' Association, expressed that they entered the 2024/25 season with great hopes. Explaining that olives add flavor to many dishes from bread to salads, pasta to pizzas, Er said, “While our black olive exports reached 162.5 million dollars in the 2023/24 season, our green olive exports reached 47.5 million dollars.” TURKISH OLIVES ARE VALUED BY 46 PERCENT IN DOLLAR BASIS EZZİB Vice President M. Kadri Gündeş, who informed that 97 percent of Turkey's 210 million dollars worth of table olive exports in the 2023/24 season were packaged exports, underlined that the average export price in olive exports increased by 46 percent compared to the 2022/23 season, from 1.84 dollars to 2.70 dollars. Gündeş emphasized that despite the 22 percent decrease in quantity ...