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Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said that the effects of global warming have been felt hard in recent years.
Er said, “There have been astronomical increases in all input costs, especially the important cost items of the olive producer, fertilizer, pesticide and fuel. In order for our producers to take care of their trees, the support payments given to our producers should be increased to 3 TL for olive oil and 75 kurush for grain olives.”
Pointing out that while Germany ranks first in Turkey’s black olive exports with an amount of 33.5 million dollars, Er explained, “We exported 18.8 million dollars of black olives to Iraq. In the export of table olives, to Romania, one of the traditional export markets; we managed to export 17.7 million dollars of black olives. We also made exports to the USA worth of 8 million dollars and Bulgaria demanded Turkish black olives worth of 7.1 million dollars.”
“In the export of green olives, Germany did not leave the first place with a demand of 8.8 million dollars, while Iraq followed Germany with a green olive demand of 7.1 million dollars. The USA took the third place of the peak with 3 million 75 thousand dollars of Turkish green olive imports,” Er added…
