Turkish dried fruit exporters aim for $1.8 billion of foreign sales this year
Dried Fig
Published Feb 1, 2024
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Despite facing challenges such as earthquakes and rainfall imbalances leading to a 25-30% yield deficiency, the Turkish agricultural sector managed to increase its export income by 3% in 2023, reaching $1.6 billion. This was possible due to the Soil Products Office (TMO) introducing stocks from the previous season. The sector aims to further increase exports to $1.8 billion in 2024 and diversify its market reach beyond the EU.
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At the press conference he held at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, Isik stated that they successfully completed the year 2023 despite the difficulties. Stating that the exports of the sector decreased by 3% in terms of quantity from 497 thousand 637 tons to 482 thousand 744 tons, Isik stated that the income obtained increased by 3% from $1 billion 567 million 811 thousand to $1 billion 609 million 467 thousand. Isik stated that 2023 is a difficult year for the sector and the country, that the earthquakes on February 6, centered in Kahramanmaras, also affected the apricot production regions, and that there were yield losses in other products due to rainfall imbalances. “There was a 25-30% yield deficiency in the crop in 2023. We experienced the same in grapes, apricots and figs. 70-75% of these products go to export. By gaining in value what we lost in quantity, we again reached the target figure of $1 billion 610 million. We have made figs, apricots and grapes leaders in the ...
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