Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak restored trust by receiving all the votes in the Elective General Assembly… Hayrettin Uçak has been re-elected as the Chair of the Board of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB). The ordinary general assembly meeting of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ …

Press release… While the tomato quantity index decreased by 20.46 percent annually, the price index increased by 191.76 percent. While the vegetable quantity index decreased by 8.95 percent annually, the price index increased by 143.14 percent. The fruit quantity index increased by 32.98 percent annually, while the price index increased …

Yüksel Tavşan, Chairperson of the Turkish Wholesalers’ Federation (TURKHAL), said that 5 chain markets and 10 thousands stores collect the crop of fruit and vegetable producers at the price they want and thus there is a risk that they will seize the all production. Tavşan said, “If Turkiye is left …

Press release… Mustafa Özen: “Illegal construction is a threat in cherry orchards” Stating that İzmir province is the first in Turkiye with a cherry production of nearly 90 thousand tonnes, İzmir Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Director Mustafa Özen emphasized that Kemalpaşa district ranks first with an annual cherry production of …

Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that the export of Turkish tea has reached a significant amount in the last 10 years, depending on the brand awareness in foreign markets. Emphasizing that they are making efforts to boost …

Press release… In February, exports of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are Turkiye’s important export items, exceeded 255 million dollars. Exports increased by 2 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Nejdat Sin, Chair of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB) Coordinator and Chair of the Mediterranean Fresh …

Turkish tea earned 203.9 million dollars in 10 years… Turkey earned 203 million 872 thousand 233 dollars from tea exports between the years 2011-2021. According to the information compiled from the data of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), Turkey, which exported 2 thousand 191 tonnes of tea to …

Press release… Turkiye, the world leader in cherry production, had a foreign exchange income of 189 million dollars in 2021. Turkish cherry exporters declared 2022 as the “Year of Combating Pesticides” in order to obtain export visas to the Far East market, especially to China, South Korea and Taiwan and …

Turkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable prices decreased by 50% in the domestic market as exports to Russia and Ukraine, which are among Turkey’s top export markets, stopped due to war. As of Feb. 24, when Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine, export trucks were waiting on the roads for …

Press release… Young people to be brought to the Agricultural Sector with Third Generation Agricultural Entrepreneurship… The increase in the average age in the agricultural sector with each passing day stands out as one of the biggest problems in front of sustainability in the agricultural sector. Aegean Fresh Fruit and …