Dried Fruits and Vegetables

Apricot prices have skyrocketed… Ramazan Özcan, Chairman of Malatya Commodity Exchange, said that a hundred percent spike in dried apricot prices was due to the low yield in the last three years. Özcan, however, stated that with the burning of the apricot in Central Asia, which feeds the Chinese and …

Press release… Seedless raisin exporters rolled up their sleeves to sell products to the end consumer… While sultanas were the raw material of the biscuits and bakery products sectors, with the pandemic, they have added flavour to biscuits, cakes, bread, cookies and other bakery products made by the end consumer …

Press release… In the 9-month period, dried fruit exports exceeded 1 billion dollars… Dried fruit exports run to 1.5 billion dollars… The dried fruit sector, which is one of the traditional exporting sectors of Turkey, increased its exports by 11 percent from 927 million dollars to 1 billion 30 million …

In the first 3 months of the new export season, 28 thousand 675 thousand tonnes of dried apricots were exported from Malatya province, where the highest apricot production is made in the world and 111 million 988 thousand dollars income was obtained. Malatya apricot, which has geographical indication registration in …

In the new hazelnut export season 2021/2022, which started on September 1, 2021; hazelnut exports from Trabzon province reached 21,355 tonnes, with a foreign exchange inflow of 143 million 780 thousand 544 dollars in the last two months. Mehmet Cirav, Chairperson of the Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee of the …

In Kırşehir province, which is one of the important walnut production centres in Turkey, this season’s harvest reached 4,700 tonnes. Duran Seçen, Kırşehir Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, said that the walnut grown in the province, especially Kaman district walnut, which has a different flavour and aroma due to …

Mehmet Kendirlioğlu, Head of Aydın ​​Chambers of Agriculture said that last year, dried figs contributed 250 million dollars to the provincial economy. Kendirlioğlu said, “Although the yield was low this year in Aydın region, the world’s production centre, the increase in prices made the producers happy. The fig, whose price …

Press release… The fruits of TURQUALITY Project are reaping… Stating that they carried out a TURQUALITY Project covering Japan, South Korea and China between 2016-2020, Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, said, “The Far East, which hosts 40 percent of the world’s population and …

In the ordinary general assembly of the National Hazelnut Council (UFK) held in Trabzon (a Black Sea province) last week, the delegates, chosen from the professional groups, elected the president. Hamza Bölük, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Giresun Commodity Exchange, has become the chairman of the …

Press release… Turkey left behind a successful export season in dried figs. While Turkey exported 72 thousand 145 tonnes of dried figs in the 2020/21 season, it provided a foreign exchange income of 256 million 915 thousand dollars. Dried figs gained 110 dollars per tonne… Realizing 60 percent of the …