In Malatya, $275 million in revenue was generated from dried apricots over 11 months.

Despite the agricultural frost disaster in Malatya, the capital of dried apricots in the world, 45 thousand tons of exports were made in 11 months, generating $275 million in revenue. Although Malatya did not achieve the targeted 100 thousand tons of dried apricot exports for 2025, it still provided a significant amount of revenue to the national economy. Malatya Chamber of Commerce President Ramazan Özcan, who announced the 11-month data on dried apricot exports, said, "We did not achieve the figures we targeted this year. The reason for this is the agricultural frost in April. We could not fully achieve our expectations and targets in dried apricot exports. Of course, we carried out very significant amounts of dried apricot exports in the first 11 months within the last quarter. We carried out approximately 45 thousand tons of exports within the 11-month period. Therefore, we have also earned approximately $275 million in revenue here. At the beginning of this year, we actually ...