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Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairperson Ramazan Özcan stated that last year, 402 million dollars were obtained from the export of 76 thousand 355 tonnes of dried apricots.
At the press conference he held at the Commodity Exchange building, Özcan announced that they left behind a fruitful year in terms of income in exports and said, “In December, we exported 10 thousand 47 tonnes of dried apricots and we achieved an income of 50 million 908 thousand dollars. For the first time in the history of the Republic, we achieved an income of 402 million dollars in return for the export of 76 thousand 355 tonnes of dried apricots in 2022.”
“We have generated an income of approximately 500 million dollars with the domestic consumption and kernel. Dried apricots are an important product for our country and the region. When we look at the export figures on a yearly basis, there is a 13 percent spike. Dried apricot export revenues are 15 percent. There is a rise of over 15 percent in dried apricot export revenues.”
Reminding that licensed warehousing has started in dried apricots, Özcan added that they plan to turn apricot into an investment tool by integrating licensed warehousing with the Turkish Product Specialization Exchange (TÜRİB) and Electronic Sales System.
Indicating that dried apricots have an important place in Türkiye’s exports of agricultural products, Özcan concluded, “Dried apricots are the export champion of dried fruits in their group. More investment, export and income targets in apricots should never be ignored.”
