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Turkey increased its income from exotic fruits

Turkiye
Published Jul 27, 2022

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Turkey's tropical fruit exports have seen an annual growth of 85% in 2021, reaching $13 million, Hurriyet Daily News reported. In the first half of 2022, exports have already reached $7.9 million, said Hayretin Ucak, head of the Aegean Association of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, adding that the country's exports jumped 225 percent between 2018 and 2021.

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Turkey's tropical fruit exports have seen an annual growth of 85% in 2021, reaching $13 million, Hurriyet Daily News reported. In the first half of 2022, exports have already reached $7.9 million, said Hayretin Ucak, head of the Aegean Association of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, adding that the country's exports jumped 225 percent between 2018 and 2021 Turkey is negotiating with Venezuela and Ukraine for the lease of agricultural land Production is planned to be produced abroad for export and domestic use "In 2018, tropical fruit export earnings were $4 million, gradually rising to $5 million the following year and further to $13 million in 2021," he reported. The range of products that local producers sell abroad has also expanded to include papaya, mango, pineapple, dragon fruit, coconut, passion fruit and blueberry, Ucak added. Kiwi export earnings, for example, exceeded $5 million, while mango earnings rose from just $144,000 to $1.1 million. Six countries in the world ...
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