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Last year, 5 products carried Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable exports

Fruits
Vegetables
Turkiye
Published Jan 17, 2022

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About half of Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable exports last year consisted of tangerines, tomatoes, lemons, grapes and peppers. According to the information compiled by AA correspondent from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters' Association, fresh fruit and vegetable exports, which were 2 billion 729 million dollars in 2020, increased by 13 percent last year to 3 billion 83 million dollars. Last year, 1 billion 252 million dollars of fruit, 875 million 713 thousand dollars of vegetables, 934 million 891 thousand dollars of citrus fruits were exported.

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The rest of the export came from tea exports. In fresh fruits and vegetables, the 5 most exported products in 2021 were tangerines, tomatoes, lemons, grapes and peppers, respectively. The exports of the 5 products in question provided a foreign exchange inflow of 1 billion 515 million dollars and constituted 49.14 percent of the total exports. Potatoes were the product in which the sector recorded the highest increase in exports in 2021. Potato export, which was 22 million 643 thousand dollars in 2020, reached 47 million 919 thousand dollars in 2021 with an increase of approximately 112 percent. Nejdat Sin, President of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that Turkey is in an important position in the world in terms of fresh fruit and vegetable production and export. Underlining that Turkey attaches great importance to product diversity in fresh fruits and vegetables, Sin said that the production throughout the country is ...
Source: Sondakika
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