Dried Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Dried fruit exports from the Aegean Region run to 1 billion dollars… Türkiye the world leader in sultanas, dried apricots and dried figs… Dried fruit exports entered 2024 with a spike of 37 percent… Mehmet Ali Işık The dried fruit sector, which introduced Türkiye to exports and is …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, the member of National Hazelnut Council (UFK), stated that they foresee a partial recovery in the European markets, adding that buyers will continue to act very cautiously and that they expect a season in which orders will be formed according to market movements. Sebahattin Arslantürk Pointing …

Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Türkiye’s agriculture sector, posing risks especially to cash crops, such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio. Atakan Akça The latest numbers from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that the country’s citrus production increased, while there was a steep decline in olive, hazelnut, pistachio and cotton …

Press release… Celep: We earned 1.6 billion dollars in export revenues for our country Birol Celep, Member of the Board of Directors of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) and Member of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that as the dried fruit sector, …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Vice Chairman of the Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that in order to maintain the superiority in international markets in hazelnut exports, which is the agricultural product that provides the highest net foreign exchange inflow of Türkiye, …

Türkiye earned 1.86 billion dollars from hazelnut exports in 2023, a regional trade association announced on Friday.  The country exported 283,519 tonnes of hazelnuts last year, down 9.29 percent on a yearly basis, Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMIB) said. On a value basis, the country’s hazelnut exports …

Press release… In 2023, 284 thousand 141 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye and 1 Billion 866 Million 735 Thousand 417 Dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided in return. According to the latest data, issued by Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), last year, there was a 9 …

Press release… Işık: Problems in dried fig exports will be solved with common sense In the 2023/24 season, exports of dried figs, the fruit of paradise, surged by 6 percent in value from 84.8 million dollars to 89.7 million dollars in the 2-month period. In terms of quantity, dried fig …

The global climate change in the Black Sea Region adversely affects hazelnut agriculture. Recently, the problem of hazelnut frostbite has emerged. Climate scientists state that hazelnut agriculture should be moved to higher elevations. Dr. Levent Kurnaz While it is stated that sudden changes in air temperatures caused by global climate …

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Vice Chairman of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector Committee, stated that the continuation of the demand contraction caused by inflationary pressures in export markets and the cautious behaviour of buyers in their orders slowed down the rate of increase in …