Dried Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… July 2026… During the January–June period of 2025, foreign exchange earnings totalling 1,170,266,000 dollars were generated from the export of 141,000 tonnes of hazelnuts; during the January–June period of 2026, 106,000 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating foreign exchange earnings of 1 billion 435 million 204 …

Press release… June, 2026… Examples of Good Agricultural Practices and Good Social Practices Shared at the Sustainable Hazelnut Summit… The Sustainable Hazelnut Summit, organized for the first time this year by the Sustainability Academy and Ferrero Hazelnut, brought together representatives from the public and private sectors, civil society and academia. …

Press release… HAZELNUT EXPORT VALUE CONTINUES TO SURGE:1.2 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST 5 MONTHS, TRABZON LEADS In the January-May period of 2026, 87,000 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating 1 billion 199 million 57 thousand dollars in foreign exchange. Compared to the same period of the previous …

Press release… Şemsettin Özgür, Chair of the Sectoral Council of the Turkish Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Associations, emphasised that they would be concentrating on China and India as target markets and that one of their key priorities would be to improve quality and food safety. Chairman Özgür, who stated …

Press release… Şemsettin Özgür, Vice Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters Association, was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Turkish Dried Fruit and Products Exporters Associations Sector Board. The Turkish Dried Fruit Sector Board held its first meeting at the Aegean Exporters Associations (EIB). Left to …

Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association continues to represent the sector at the 43rd INC World Nut and Dried Fruit Congress. On the first day of the congress held in Macao, our Vice Chairman of the Board, Şemsettin Özgür, participated as a panelist in the “Raisins, Prunes and Cranberries” …

Press release… Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association announced that between January and April 2026, 71,000 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating foreign exchange earnings of 990,967,000 dollars. When compared to the same period of the previous year, these export figures represent a 31 percent decrease in volume and …

Press release… Selçuk İskender, Chair of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), announced that exports from the Eastern Black Sea Region, comprising the provinces of Trabzon, Rize, Artvin and Gümüşhane, amounted to 678,195,89 dollars in the January–April 2026 period. “Of the exports from our Eastern Black Sea Region in …

Press release… A Second Gabay Era at Dried Fruit Exporters’ Association… The election at the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, which accounts for 55 percent of Türkiye’s dried fruit exports, was truly breathtaking. Yusuf Gabay’s yellow list received 74 votes, while Fatma Behit’s list received 70 votes. Both …

Press release… İZMİR – A documentary has been produced to promote the “Black Orak (Sickle)” fig, a variety identified through R&D work aimed at driving growth in dried figs—a sector in which Türkiye is a world leader in both production and exports—and which is rapidly gaining ground in cultivation areas …