Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Mersin Province Citrus Producers’ Association Chairman Ahmet Dursun Şahin said that Turkish producers have started to strengthen their place in the European market in recent years. Pointing out that the increase in exports to Italy is an important development, Şahin said: “Italy as one of the citrus producing Mediterranean countries …

Agricultural Engineer Bünyamin Kozak, who works on bananas in Anamur district of Mersin province said that they aim to establish a ‘Banana Museum’ by collecting different and highly productive banana varieties that emerge in different gardens in Anamur. While the progress of the sector in Anamur, known as the capital …

Turkey’s citrus export products to Italy showed an increase of 450 percent in the first nine months of 2020 in terms of amount compared to the same period last year, while the value recorded 595 percent increase. According to the information compiled by AA (Anadolu Agency) correspondent from the data …

Press release… One of Turkey’s traditional export products, indispensable during the autumn months, a vitamin C depot, a natural medicine against the flu and colds, the satsuma mandarins’ 2020/21 export season 2020/21 starts on Monday, October 19, 2020. Aegean Region’s satsuma yield increased by 25 percent… According to Aegean Fresh …

Producers smile in the gherkin warehouse of Turkey… Harvested gherkins make happy the producers with their yield in Afyonkarahisar which is a leading region in pickled cucumber production. After harvest, it is processed in pickle factories in various provinces and exported to Czech Republic and Bulgaria. Some farmers maintain their …

Press release… The heart of tangerine has been registered… A geographical indication registration certificate was given to the satsuma-type Gümüldür Tangerine grown in Menderes (a district of İzmir province) by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TURKPATENT). The activities carried out by Menderes Municipality in order to protect the local …

Press release… Hayrettin Uçak, Chairman of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that ‘Motherland of the Seedless Table Sultana Grape’ is the Anatolian lands. Hayrettin Uçak said, “55 thousand farming families of sultana grapes, regarded as a healing store, produce in vineyards of more than 1 million …

Press release… The Seedless Table Sultana Grape, which decorated the tables of the Sultans in Ottoman Palaces, became the star of exports. Sultana grapes brought in 37 million 419 million dollars in 1-month period starting from 8th of August. The export of fresh sultani grapes was 30 million 701 thousand …

Press release… The peak of agricultural products exports in the Aegean Region changed hands. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association hit the top with an export of 985 million dollars year-on- year. As of 2019, Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association was the owner of the lead. Aegean Fresh …

Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, said that dried fig is also one of the important brand products like raisin in the world. Pakdemirli said, “Our country with an average of 305 thousand tons of fig production on 521 thousand hectares ranks 1st across the world.” Stating that Turkey …