Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

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 …

In Mersin, one of Turkey’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable production centres, dragon fruit catches 10 to 15 liras per unit just after being harvested. In addition to bananas and strawberries, many tropical fruits such as kiwi, avocado and mango are grown in the province and interest in dragon fruit …

Alanya (a district of Antalya province) Avocado Producers’ Association Chairman Hilmi Sevilgen said that they aimed to produce 70 million units avocado across Turkey in 2020. Hilmi Sevilgen said, “We will achieve the desired yield in avocados while the weather conditions might be as we wish.” Pointing out that they …

In the Alanya district of Antalya, producers have started the harvest of a high income fruit named passiflora (passion fruit). Passiflora, whose homeland is South America, has reached commercial value by adapting to the climate in Alanya district. Producers started to sell the first harvest of passiflora to chain markets …

Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said that black figs are mostly sent to European countries and that efforts to expand the market continue, especially they are working overtime to increase the export figures in the Far East market. Uçak said, “The world’s best quality figs …

The fresh fruit and vegetable exports of Turkey’s Aegean region almost doubled in the first half of 2020 and reached $137 million (TL 938 million), according to the leading exporters’ group. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said Sunday the region’s exports of fruit and vegetable …

Press release… Black figs are exported to 45 countries from Turkey…Black fig, one of the important agricultural products of the Aegean region, is exported to all over the world, especially in European countries such as Germany, England, Holland and France. There are few days left on the journey of black …

Press release… Aegean Region expects 434 thousand 116 tons of harvest in citrus… Tangerine yield will increase, orange will drop… The indispensable of the winter months, natural vitamin storage, the antidote of Covid-19, citrus products in the Aegean Region were estimated to be 434 thousand 116 tons in the 2020/21 …