Turkey: Table olive exports increased by 52 percent in foreign currency

While Turkey increased its table olive exports from 61 million dollars to 73.7 million dollars with an increase of 21 percent in the first 4 months of the 2023/24 season, Turkey's table olive exports appreciated by 52 percent in foreign currency. The sector aims to exceed 200 million dollars in exports by the end of the 2023/24 season. Turkey, which has a presence of 500 thousand producers in 41 provinces in the Anatolian geography, is reaping the fruits of its efforts in export markets to transform the investments it has made in the olive growing sector in the last quarter century into added value. Pointing out that Turkey is the world leader with a table olive yield of 735 thousand tons in the 2022/23 season, Davut Er, President of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters Association, said that in the 2022/23 season, our table olive exports increased by 7 percent in amount compared to the previous season, from 172 million dollars to 184 million dollars. He stated that it ...