Turkey aims to export 30 percent of world raisins alone

Turkey is the world leader in the production and export of traditional export products such as seedless raisins. The 2023/24 season was completed with an export of 490 million dollars, an increase of 11 percent compared to the previous season. The 64th International Seedless Raisin Producing Countries Conference was held in Paris, France on October 24, 2024. 27 representatives from seedless raisin producing countries such as Australia, Chile, Greece, South Africa, Turkey and the United States attended the meeting. Mark King from Australia was elected as the Conference President, Osman Öz from Turkey was appointed as the Vice President and Ece Tırkaz as the secretary. Murat Gören, Commercial Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Paris, made a speech emphasizing the importance of international cooperation and sustainability in the seedless raisin sector. Turkey declared at the meeting that it will achieve 20 percent of the 1 million 157 thousand tons of seedless raisin harvest ...