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FRESH GRAPE EXPORTS EXCEEDED 150 MILLION DOLLARS…

Press release..

The export journey of the seedless Superior Seedless grape, which is one of the important export products of the Aegean Region, with its low sugar content and sour taste, begins on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. On the other hand, Turkey obtained 150.5 million dollars of foreign exchange in 2019 by exporting fresh grapes.

In 2019 Turkey’s fresh grape exports rose by 24 percent compared to 2018 and increased from 121.7 million dollars to 150.5 million dollars.

Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said that the Superior Seedless grapes were the most exported variety.

Stating that Sultani variety took the lion’s share in the export of fresh grapes in 2019 with an amount of 93 million dollars, Hayrettin Uçak added, “Superior seedless grape ranked third among grape varieties with an amount of 11.3 million dollars. By the way I would like to remind that this kind of grape variety particularly consumed by diabetics with peace of mind and attracts great attention.”

Superior variety is the first seedless grape exported…

Superior variety of grapes gets matured 15 days in average before the Sultani grapes which is the leader among all varieties produced in Turkey, offers the opportunity to enter the market 15 days ago.

Russians prefer Superior grape…

While Turkey exported Superior Seedless variety of table grapes amounted to 11 million 376 thousand dollars, Superior grapes mostly preferred by the Russian Federation.

While Turkey exporting Superior grapes to 23 countries, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were the leading importers…

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