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Türkiye’s dried fruit and product exports soared by 3.1 percent…
Dried fruit and product exports reached 851,866,000 dollars in the January-June period…
Gaziantep…
Türkiye exported 851,866,000 dollars worth of dried fruit and product to 138 countries and free zones in the first six months of the year.
According to information compiled by an Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondent from the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Association (GAİB) data, Türkiye sold 171,849 tonnes of product to 138 countries and free zones in the first half of the year, generating 851,866,000 dollars in revenue.
Dried fruit and product exports, which stood at 826,018,000 dollars in the January-June period of last year, soared by 3.1 percent in the same period this year.
Raisins top the list…
Dried grapes generated the most revenue at 237,464,000 dollars, followed by dried figs at 166,197,000 dollars and dried apricots at 151,109,000 dollars.
The European Union countries accounted for the largest imports of dried fruit from Türkiye, with a 43.1 percent market share and 366,890,000 dollars.
By country, the largest exports were to Germany, with a 5.9 percent increase, reaching 111,449,000 dollars. This was followed by the US at 108,762,000 dollars and the UK at 97,121,000 dollars.
“Turkish products are always in demand”
Mehmet Çıkmaz, Chair of the Southeastern Anatolia Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, told an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter that global demand for products grown in Anatolia’s fertile lands is consistently high.
Çıkmaz stated that they are conducting promotional activities and meetings in various markets to ramp up their export figures.
“While there has been a partial decline in sales to the Netherlands, Australia and Canada, which are among our top 10 export destinations, we are closing this gap with sales to other countries. We have boosted sales by 44.5 percent to Poland, 41 percent to Italy, 24 percent to the US and 14 percent to the UK,” he said.
“We will continue our international fair and promotional efforts in the second half of 2025. Turkish products, with their aroma and flavour, are always in demand. We surpassed 1.8 billion dollars in 2024 and we hope to reach 2 billion dollars by the end of this year,” he added…
