Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Press release… Aegean grape producers and exporters came together in Manisa where 20 percent of table grapes and 85 percent of raisins supplied. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli attended the opening ceremony of the 2020-2021 season of Manisa Commodity Exchange’s “Manisa Sultani Seedless Grape” via teleconference from Giresun, …

Apricot seed contributes 20 million dollars to Malatya’s economy annually. In Malatya, the capital of apricots, apricot seed contributes to the economy of the province. In addition to the apricot, its shells and seeds are used in various sectors. Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ramazan Özcan said that the annual contribution …

Turkey expects to export 180 million dollars of table grapes from Manisa province this season. 50 thousand registered farmers in Manisa and its environs produce grapes in about 1 million decares of vineyard. Manisa region provides 60-70 percent of Turkey’s annual 4 million tons of grapes and produces between 2.5-3 …

Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased by 41.4 percent in July compared to the same month of the previous year and reached $186.2 million, with more than half of the exports being sent to Russia and Germany. According to data by the Uludağ Fruit and Vegetable Products Exporters’ Association, fresh fruit and …

Press release… Ankara-August 18, 2020 Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers President Şemsi Bayraktar said that sauceboat tomato prices fell up to 30 kurush and table tomatoes to 60 kurush. Bayraktar stated that if the decrease in prices continues, the tomato producer may withdraw from production or turn to alternative products. …

Press release… “We will reach the 1 billion dollar export target together with our producers” While the production and export figures in many sectors declined during the pandemic period, Aegean exporters of fresh fruits, vegetables and products increased their exports by 17 percent in the January – July period of …

Tomato farmers in Karacabey and Mustafakemalpaşa districts of Bursa province, where the 40 percent of tomato production is made, have come to the brink of bankruptcy. 70 percent of tomato paste factories across Turkey is situated only in these two districts. However, the farmers who intensified their tomato planting, in …

According to the information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Association (AKIB), exports of fresh fruits and vegetables from 3 provinces of the Eastern Mediterranean in 7 months of the year increased by 18.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Mersin, Hatay and Adana, …

National Citrus Council (UNK) Chairman Kemal Kaçmaz said that in January-July period Turkey provided 336 million dollars of foreign currency income from citrus exports. Kaçmaz stated that citrus exports are at an important point in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Indicating that their exports have increased every month, Kaçmaz …

Tomatoes produced in thermal greenhouses in Çaldıran district of Van province are sent to Antalya by lorries. Mehmet Emin Bilmez, the Governor of Van and the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who visited the greenhouses, said that it is very important to send tomatoes from Van to Antalya and …