Turkey: The new season target for dried apricots is 100 thousand tons of export

The 2023/24 season of dried apricots, of which Turkey is the world leader in production and export, amounted to 399 million dollars for 66 thousand 832 tons. Dried apricot exports were 80 thousand 388 tons in quantity in the 2022/23 season, while the foreign currency equivalent was 434 million 272 thousand dollars. While the average export price of dried apricots in the 2022/23 season was 5 thousand 402 dollars per ton, it increased by 10.5 percent to 5 thousand 967 dollars in the 2023/24 season. Thanks to this increase, dried apricot exports decreased by 17 percent on a quantity basis, while the decrease in foreign exchange earnings was limited to 8 percent. Işık: “We aim to export 107 thousand tons of dried apricots in the 2024/25 season” Stating that they entered the 2024/25 season with the target of a 'Golden Year' in yellow apricots, Aegean Exporters' Associations Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator and Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association ...