Turkey: The sharp fall in the price of plums at the start of second harvest
Fresh Plum
Turkiye
Published Mar 16, 2021
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The sharp drop in the price of plums, which started the second harvest, was sold from a thousand lira to 250 liras per kilo in the first harvest. 15 days later, prices will go down to 100 TL first and then down from 50 TL. and it is exported in 3-kilo packages. ANTALYA - The second harvest period of early plum continues in Antalya. The plum, which was sold at a thousand liras per kilo in the first harvest, dropped to 250 liras in the second harvest.
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After 15 days, the prices are expected to decrease first to 100 TL and then to 50 TL. In Antalya's Kepez District, the early plum producer Cengiz Avcı has completed the first harvest of 200 plum trees in its 1500 square meter greenhouse. Stating that they bought 150 kilograms of product in the first harvest, Avcı stated that they aim to buy approximately 4 tons of product in the second harvest. Producer Cengiz Avcı, who sold the weight of the first plum harvest for a thousand liras in the middle of February, stated that it is difficult to see the same figures in the second harvest, and said that this period we met the demands of our pregnant women in small packages of 50 grams and 100 grams. Stating that they also export to Russia, Germany, Austria and Dubai in 3-kilogram packages, he stated that the export figures have now fallen to 250 TL on a kilogram basis. In 15 days, the price will drop below 50 lira. Noting that the weight will be abroad in the second harvest, Cengiz Avcı ...
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