Dried Fruits and Vegetables

“Giresun Tombul Hazelnut”, “Giresun Sivri Hazelnut” and “Giresun Karası” hazelnuts have been taken under protection by the Association of Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives (FİSKOBİRLİK) by registering the Geographical Indication (GI). The company owners and their representatives, who received an authorization certificate through the Giresun Quality Hazelnuts Inspection Authority Executive Board …

Harvesting of grey pistachio, which is the first crop of pistachio, described as “green gold” in Southeastern Anatolia Region, has started. The yield in Antep pistachio is expected to be high this season. 85 percent of peanut production in Turkey met in Southeastern Anatolia. After the weather got warmer, the …

Düzce Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Necdet Çiçek called on the producers to collect the hazelnuts, which are called “green gold”, from the ground, not from the branch, for quality increase. Çiçek stated that the harvest should be done after the hazelnut completes its ripening phase and that the …

Apricot planted areas as of years in Turkey is not seen much change despite experiencing a surge in production and yield quantities. Late spring frosts are accepted as the most important reason for these fluctuations. Apricot production areas increased to 1.3 million decares and production reached 847 thousand tons as …

Turkey, the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier, had a bumper crop of revenues, earning 2.2 billion dollars from nut exports between last September and this July, a regional trade group said on Tuesday. Data from the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB) showed that the 11-month figure soared 44 …

Press release… “Enhancing Dried Apricot Quality Project” is supported by Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Associations Sector Board and Malatya Commodity Exchange in partnership with Aegean, Southeastern Anatolia and Istanbul Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Associations. Within the scope of the project carried out under the coordination of Malatya Apricot …

Ali Rıza Türker, Chairman of the Board of Tariş Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, in his written statement, thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli on behalf of Tariş stakeholders and producers owing to TMO’s (Turkish Grain Board) purchasing policies regarding raisin markets. Indicating that …

Press release… The statement made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in which product purchasing would be made by TMO (Turkish Grain Board) during 2020-21 season, has led to great joy for raisins, dried figs and dried apricots sectors when entering the new season. Stating that they have been dominating the …

In Turkey, the country where the highest raisin production is made across the world, export figures make business circles happy. According to data of Aegean Exporters’ Associations and Manisa Commodity Exchange, as of July 4, 2020, 280 thousand 403 tons of grapes have been registered in the ongoing 2019-2020 season, …

Turkey exported 203 thousand 504 tons of seedless raisin, the season of which began on September 1, 2019 until June 13, 2020 while 421 million dollars of foreign currency income earned in return. Raisin exports decreased by 4 percent in quantity compared to the previous season, while the fall in …