Türkiye alone meets 25 percent of watermelon production

Published May 26, 2023

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Adana, Turkey is a major producer of watermelons, accounting for 25% of the country's production and providing a significant contribution to the foreign currency earnings through exports to various countries including Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Iraq, UAE, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city, which has obtained a geographical indication registration certificate for its watermelons, has implemented a customs tax to prevent imports of watermelons from other countries. With an expected harvest of 650 thousand tons from 100 thousand decares of land, the Adana watermelons are known for their unique taste, smell, and color, and are protected by the Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture to ensure their quality and authenticity.

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Adana Watermelon, which meets 25 percent of Turkey's watermelon production alone and is registered, both sweetens the mouth with its taste, smell, color and aroma, and provides foreign currency inflow to the country by decorating the tables in world cuisines. Harvest continues in Adana, which ranks second after China in watermelon production and meets 20-25 percent of Turkey's needs. Currently, the price of a kilogram is 6 lira in the field, and an average yield of 4-5 tons per acre is obtained from the watermelon. Approximately 650 thousand tons of harvest is expected from the watermelon planted on an area of 100 thousand decares throughout the city. Exported to many countries Adana watermelon, which was given a geographical indication registration certificate by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office in 2020, is exported to many countries in Europe and Asia, including Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ...

Source: Kamu3