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Press release…
Bülent Sarıkaya, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye exported 322.1 million dollars worth of fresh fruit and vegetables in May. Emphasising that whilst there was a 22 per cent decline in export volume, a 14 percent increase in value was achieved, Sarıkaya said that this performance demonstrated that the sector’s objective of shifting towards high value-added exports was bearing fruit on the ground and enhancing its competitive strength.
Sarıkaya also highlighted that the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, which holds a leading position in the country’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports, contributed 51 percent to the sector’s exports with its 165.6 million dollars in exports in May, “This performance, achieved thanks to our strong value chain stretching from our producers to our exporters, reflects the Mediterranean Region’s leadership in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector and its competitive strength in global markets. We are determined to take our sector’s exports to even higher levels through our strategies of sustainable production, supply of high-quality products and market diversification,” he said.
Fresh fruit exports led the way, with peaches topping the charts…
Underlining that the fresh fruit group in particular played a decisive role in the sector’s growth, Sarıkaya noted that this category reached 227.6 million dollars, representing a 21 percent spike in value, and that 71 percent of total sector export revenue was generated by the fresh fruit group.
Pointing out that peaches were by far the star of May, Sarıkaya said, “Our peach exports rose by 141 percent in volume and 128 percent in value, reaching 132.5 million dollars. Peaches alone accounted for 41 percent of our total fresh fruit and vegetable exports. This performance is one of the strongest growth stories achieved by any single product.”
Assessing the successful performance of apricots, which ranked second with exports worth 49.7 million dollars, Sarıkaya added, “Whilst there was a 14 per cent decline in volume, a 10 percent rise in value demonstrated that the product had maintained its demand strength and pricing advantage in global markets.”
