Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Due to the start of the tangerine season, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association held a “Mandarin Harvest Ceremony” in Gümüldür region of Izmir, the capital of world-famous satsuma tangerine. Emphasizing that the tangerine is the export champion with an amount of 453 million dollars in fruit …

Harvest has started in Antalya’s Döşemealtı district, where 25 percent of Türkiye’s pomegranate needs are met. Turgay Genç Turgay Genç, Mayor of Döşemealtı, who participated in the harvest, said, “90 percent of the 30-40 thousand tonnes of pomegranate harvested is exported to Europe and the Middle East. It put a …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports amounted to $1.94 billion in the first nine months of this year, with 34 percent of those exports going to Russia. The country delivered 3.35 million tons of fruit and vegetables to foreign markets this year, according to Ferhat Gürüz, the head of the Mediterranean Fresh …

Press release… Intense interest in the Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector in Russia Fresh fruit and vegetable exporters laid the groundwork for new collaborations in Russia, as the main market… WorldFood Moscow Fair, which was held for the 31st time between 20-23 September 2022 in Moscow, the capital of …

Tahir Göktepe, Chairperson of Türkiye’s Mediterranean province Antalya’s district Alanya Chamber of Agriculture and tropical fruit producer Mustafa Ezici along with businessman Mirbey Adam, who has been exporting fresh vegetables and fruits in Germany for nearly 40 years, evaluated the recent situation and how Türkiye could turn its potential into …

Türkiye’s fruit juice producers have voiced optimism that the industry is well positioned to almost double its export revenues to $1 billion, according to people from the sector. “More than 45 factories operate in the local fruit juice sector across the country. Exports exhibited an increase of 13 percent on an annual …

Across Northern and Western Europe, vegetable producers are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from Europe’s energy crisis, further threatening food supplies. Surging power and gas prices will impact crops grown through the winter in heated greenhouses such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, and those which need …

Alanya, a district of Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast province Antalya, Chamber of Agriculture Chairperson Tahir Göktepe said that there is a significant potential in Türkiye in terms of tropical fruit production and that mango producers can earn 500 thousand liras per decare (dönüm). Tahir Göktepe Göktepe said, “Currently, the production cost …

16/09/2022 Press Release The EU wine production is forecasted to remain roughly stable compared to the previous year but fall short of reaching the 5-year average (2017-2021) with important within-country disparities resulting from droughts and high temperatures recorded during the spring and summer months. The three major producing countries, Italy, France, …

The government has moved to scrutinize export of tinned tomato and tomato paste in a bid to prevent a possible price hike in the domestic market amid rising demand from Europe for Turkish agricultural products. The Trade Ministry added those products to the list of goods whose export require permission from authorities. …