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The ban on tomato exports will harm both exports and producers!
If the ban on tomato export is not lifted, the consumer cannot eat tomatoes for 100 liras next year!
The decision of tomato export ban makes Türkiye a tomato importer!
Aiming to export 1 billion dollars worth of tomatoes and tomato-derived products on the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye, the tomato industry was shocked by the ban on tomato exports.
The Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB) reacted to the ban on tomatoes, the favourite export product of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector, until 14 April 2023, upon the request of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, on the grounds of ensuring food supply security and ensuring food supply to the earthquake zone.
EYMSİB Board of Directors informed that fresh tomato is the leading product in the country’s fresh vegetable export with an amount of 377 million dollars in 2022 and sad in a written statement, “The ban on tomato export will cause irreparable damage to both our exporters and our producers. Our consumers may eat tomatoes relatively cheaply for 1.5 months, but on the other hand our citizens may have to eat tomatoes for 100 liras next year!”
