Turkey's seedless raisin exports approach half a billion dollars

According to a written statement from the Aegean Exporters' Association, the 2023-2024 season, in which last year's products were offered to the world market in seedless raisins, one of the traditional export products in which Turkey is the world leader in production and export, has been completed. Accordingly, although exports decreased by 20 percent in quantity compared to the previous season in the 2023-2024 season, from 259 thousand tons to 207 thousand tons, they increased by 11 percent in value, reaching 490 million dollars. Mehmet Ali Işık, President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association, whose views were included in the statement, noted that the seedless raisin harvest in the 2023-24 season remained 100 thousand tons below the long-term average, and hinted that the harvest in the 2024-2025 season will remain below the average of previous seasons. Stating that Turkey grows the world's highest quality seedless raisins in the Manisa-İzmir-Denizli ...