Expand Turkey's pine nuts to world market with state support

Serkan Karatosun, who produces pine nuts in Aydın Koçarlı, expanded his business with the support of 1 million 200 thousand liras from the state and reached an annual export figure of 30 million dollars. Stating that he applied to the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (ARDSI) in 2014 to enlarge the thousand square meter facility, Karatosun said, “We reached 4 thousand square meters in one year. We increased our production capacity from 70 tons to 350 tons with the new machines ”. Stating that those who want to develop themselves and their businesses should benefit from these supports, Karatosun said: “We started exporting in 2015. There were a lot of problems with the property. We were facing problems like aflatoxin. We strived to produce more hygienic goods and thanks to the support of our state, we managed to produce goods in European standards. When we made better quality products in export, we had a say in the world. Germany, Italy, France, Portugal and ...