Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Melisa Tokgöz Mutlu, Chairwoman of the Istanbul Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said in a statement that they achieved very important successes despite all the troublesome conditions brought by the epidemic last year. Stating that in 2020, fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 2.7 billion dollars with an increase …

Press release… While Turkey obtained 347 million dollars from tangerine exports between January 1 – December 26, 2019, tangerine exports soared by 22 percent in the same period of 2020 and rose to 421 million dollars. Hayrettin Uçak, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Exporters Association (EYMSİB) Chairman, said that Turkey …

Press release… First the frost then the rain hit the tangerine… The 2020/21 export season, which started very well, is closing bitterly in tangerine, the vitamin C store and the antidote of the pandemic, due to the frost at the beginning of December and the rains that follow. In the …

A means to improve nutrition and reduce food loss and waste, says Director-General… The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has launched the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) with an appeal to improve healthy and sustainable food production through innovation and …

Press release… The quota for tomato exports to Russia increases to 250 thousand tonnes… Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable industry’s largest export market in tomatoes is the Russian Federation. However the industry has been experiencing troubled times due to the surpassing the Russian quota of 200 thousand tonnes in 2020. …

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chair of the Board Hayrettin Uçak said that their exports consist of two main sectors. Hayrettin Uçak said, “One is the fruit and vegetable products sector and the other is the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. 670 million dollars out of …

54-year record has been broken in fresh fruits, vegetables and products exports from the Aegean Region! In the Aegean Region, the fresh fruits, vegetables and products sector came to the top of the agricultural products exports in 2020. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which completed 2019 in …

Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed increasing its quota for tomato imports from Turkey by 25%, according to a Russian news agency. The ministry proposed that the quota be raised to 250,000 tons for fresh or chilled tomatoes, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. The current upper limit is around 200,000 …

Over 4,000 tons of tea exported to 100 countries in 11-month period, say data… Turkey earned over $15.4 million when it exported over 4,000 tonnes of tea to 100 countries in the first 11 months of 2020, according to Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) data. Turkey’s tea export revenue …

Russia has announced a ban on imports of tomatoes from Azerbaijan beginning Thursday, in a damaging move for a key export that analysts tied to fallout from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor on Tuesday announced the embargo beginning Dec. 10 to protect against harmful substances detected in several recent …