Turkey: Sea snails were sold mostly to South Korea in the first half of the year

According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the data of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), sea snails, which are not consumed in Turkey, are hunted for export. Sea snail exports, which were worth 6 million 532 thousand 120 dollars in January-June 2023, increased by 29 percent in the same period this year, reaching 8 million 425 thousand 995 dollars. In terms of quantity, exports of sea snails, which were 603 tons in the first half of last year, increased to 750 tons in the same period of this year. Sea snails were sold to the Republic of South Korea, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Taiwan, the USA, Ukraine and Romania. The Republic of South Korea took the lead among 7 countries with 3 million 593 thousand 161 dollars. "ALL OF THE HUNTED PRODUCT IS PROCESSED AND EXPORTED" DKİB Chairman of the Board of Directors, Saffet Kalyoncu, told the AA correspondent that sea snails are a product that provides foreign currency inflow to the ...