Turkey holds approximately 70% of the world's thyme trade

Harvest time has begun in thyme, which the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) supports as one of the income generating species. The medicinal plant thyme, which is collected in July every year, also contributes to the economy with its exports. In Turkey, which holds approximately 70 percent of the world's thyme exports, 69 million dollars of thyme was exported in 2020. For thyme, which contributes approximately 1 billion TL to the country's economy, OGM will produce 420 thousand thyme saplings in 2021. Struggling for the protection and development of forest assets, OGM continues to contribute to both the forest villagers and the country's economy with the income-generating species obtained from the forest. According to the inventory and utilization plan records of OGM, there are 54 thousand 596 tons of usable thyme in an area of 343 thousand 683 hectares in forest areas. OGM, which also produces thyme saplings in forest nurseries and produced 233,000 seedlings last year, will ...