Turkey: Pistachio exports worth 111 million dollars in the first half of the year

According to the information compiled from the data of the Southeastern Anatolian Exporters' Associations, 209 million 686 thousand dollars of pistachios were exported to 110 countries in 2021. While 85 million 182 thousand dollars were obtained in return for 8 thousand 285 tons of products in the January-June period of last year, 12 thousand 258 tons of pistachios were sold to 91 countries for 111 million 456 thousand dollars in the same period of this year. During this period, Germany was one of the countries that Turkey exported the most pistachios to. In the first half of the year, 17 million 43 thousand dollars worth of pistachios were sent to Germany. Kyrgyzstan followed Germany with 9 million 363 thousand dollars and Iraq with 6 million 828 thousand dollars. "Urfa, the city with the most pistachio trees" Şanlıurfa Commodity Exchange Chairman Mehmet Kaya stated that Turkey's pistachio exports in the January-June period of this year increased by 30 percent compared to the ...