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Ümit Mirza Çavuşoğlu, Chair of the Western Mediterranean Exporters’ Association (BAİB), announced that 51 percent of Türkiye’s total vegetable exports come from Antalya, Isparta and Burdur provinces, regions with significant potential for fresh fruit and vegetable production and exports.
“309,013,000 dollars worth of vegetables were exported from the region in the first six months of the year. Last year’s exports reached 279,978,000 dollars, a 10.4 percent increase this year,” he said.
Peppers were the largest export from the region. Pepper exports reached 126,412,000 dollars, followed by tomatoes at 125,697,000 dollars.
Türkiye’s fruit exports reached 550,237,000 dollars in the first six months. Since the beginning of the year, approximately 100 million dollars worth of apples, 103,223,000 dollars worth of peaches and 47,535,000 dollars worth of cherries have been exported.
In the six-month period, fresh fruit exports from the Western Mediterranean region totaled 99.9 million dollars and citrus exports totaled 12.9 million dollars.
Pointing out that the fruit sector was negatively affected by the spring frost, but that the vegetable sector, particularly due to greenhouse production, experienced no serious problems, he explained, “Antalya has significant potential for greenhouse farming. Our most important vegetable exports are tomatoes and peppers. Tomatoes were the top export product nationwide and peppers were our top export product regionally. We have specialized in this area.”
“Russia is the leading export destination for vegetables, followed by Iraq, Romania, Germany and Ukraine. Fruit exports have decreased compared to last year due to climatic conditions. The four-day agricultural frost in April particularly affected fruit production,” he noted.
“We haven’t experienced any major problems with vegetables. Since production can be done under cover, necessary precautions were taken and controlled production was achieved, but we are experiencing a serious problem with fruit. We must learn to adapt to natural events. We must begin covering orchards and erecting netting. We must protect our crops against events like hail and frost,” he added…
