Dried Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Türkiye is signing a successful export season in seedless raisins, where it is the world leader in production and exports. Produced by 55 thousand producers in the triangle of Manisa, Denizli and Izmir, seedless raisin exports soared by 13 percent in the first half of the 2024/25 season, …

The Malatya Commodity Exchange has partnered with the Fırat Development Agency to explore the ecology and flower biology of apricots in order to understand the potential effects of climate change on apricot production. The project, titled ‘Ecology of Malatya apricot and possible effects of climate change on apricot production’, aims …

Press release… In the first two months of 2025, Türkiye exported 52,346 tonnes of hazelnuts, resulting in a foreign currency inflow of 426.5 million dollars. Compared to the same period the previous year, the export quantity remained the same, but the value surged by 6 percent. Mehmet Cirav, Chairman of …

Press release… A new variety of dried figs called the ‘Black Orak’ (Black Sickle) has been developed through research and development efforts in Türkiye. Türkiye, as known, is a major player in dried fig production and exports, with the Sarılop variety alone bringing in 300 million dollars in foreign currency …

Press release… Gunjan Jain, President of the Nuts and Dried Fruits Council of India (NDFCI), stated that the demand of Indian consumers for premium dried fruits is increasing day by day. Gunjan Jain Pointing out that Turkish Dried Fruits make an excellent contribution to their market, Jain said, “Their natural …

Press release… Turkish dried fruit sector travelled to India to reach the export target of 2 billion dollars! The Turkish dried fruit sector has kicked off the TURQUALITY Project named ‘TURKISH DRIED FRUITS’ in order to strengthen its position in India, which it has identified as a target market, and …

Ramazan Özcan, Chairperson of Malatya Commodity Exchange, announced that they targeted 100 thousand tonnes of exports during the dried apricot export period starting on 1 August 2024. Stating that 50 thousand tonnes of dried apricot exports were made in the first 6 months of the season, Özcan said that they …

Press release… Aydın Commodity Exchange Chairman Fevzi Çondur, Assembly Chairman A. Bahri Erdel and Vice Chairman Cengiz Ülgen visited Mustafa Gümüş, General Director of Customs of the Ministry of Trade, in his office in Ankara. During the visit, Fevzi Çondur emphasised that Türkiye is the world leader in dried fig …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that they have been eliminating figs with aflatoxin for 25 years! Sharing that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Research Institutes, Universities, Producers, Exporters and Traders are working hard to prevent aflatoxin and ochratoxin …

Bilecik Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Necmettin Yoldaş said that Bilecik ranks 3rd in Türkiye with an average annual walnut harvest of 17,800 tonnes. Bilecik Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Necmettin Yoldaş shared the annual average data on walnut production area and production amount. Yoldaş said, “Bilecik province …