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Davut Er: Japan is a very strong market for our olive oil exports

Press release… Turkish food exporters, who set an export target of 1 billion dollars to Japan, returned home with commercial connections that will reach the export target of 1 billion dollars from the Foodex Japan Fair held in Tokyo on 5-8 March 2024. Davut Er Davut Er, Head of the …

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Ali Uçar: Olive oil stocks piling up!

Türkiye’s olive oil sector has been struggling with restrictions on olive oil exports and is now grappling with excessive stocks. “We already had tonnes of olive oil in our stocks from last year. On top of that, we have this year’s production coming in. There is no supply problem, but our new problem is excessive …

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Davut Er: Japan is constantly growing in boxed olive oil exports

Press release… Davut Er, Head of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), who informed that the Turkish olive sector ramped up its exports to Japan by 57 percent from 18.5 million dollars to 29 million dollars in 2023, said that olive oil consumption in Japan has increased …

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Davut Er: Türkiye is the world’s largest producer of table olives

Press release… Türkiye is the world’s largest producer of table olives and the 2nd largest producer of olive oil… Davut Er: Türkiye is the world’s largest producer of table olives and the second largest producer of olive oil and has a rich tradition in this field Davut Er, Chairperson of …

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Table olive exporters to surpass 200 million dollars by the end of 2023/24 season…

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), in his written statement, said that their target is to exceed 200 million USD by the end of the 2023/24 season… Davut Er Providing information about the breakdown of Türkiye’s table olive exports, Davut Er …

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Davut Er: Table olive exports soared by 52 percent in foreign currency

Press release… 4-month table olive exports reach 74 million dollars… In the first four months of the 2023/24 season, Türkiye increased its table olive exports by 21 percent from 61 million to 73.7 million dollars, while the country’s table olive exports increased by 52 percent on a foreign currency basis. …

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“Restrictions blocked the olive oil market!”

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of Aegean Olive and Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) said that four export restrictions have been imposed on olive oil in the last three years and these restrictions had absolutely no positive effect on the market as intended. Pointing out that they were not effective enough …

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Climate change threatens the production of olives, hazelnuts and pistachios!

Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Türkiye’s agriculture sector, posing risks especially to cash crops, such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio. Atakan Akça The latest numbers from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that the country’s citrus production increased, while there was a steep decline in olive, hazelnut, pistachio and cotton …

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Olive groves as cultural landscape; Aylin Öney Tan

Cultural landscape is a complex term, defining the joint creation of nature and human intervention. It is defined by UNESCO as: “Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment.” This definition perfectly fits to the olive groves of Türkiye, not only …

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Davut Er: Record production brings record export in olive oil

Press release… Er: Record production brought record exports Davut Er, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said that their table olive exports soared by 7% on a quantity basis compared to the previous season, rising from 172 million to 184 …

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