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Ramazan Özcan, Chairperson of Malatya Commodity Exchange, announced that they targeted 100 thousand tonnes of exports during the dried apricot export period starting on 1 August 2024. Stating that 50 thousand tonnes of dried apricot exports were made in the first 6 months of the season, Özcan said that they have a 6-month period ahead of them to reach their targets.
Emphasising that apricot exports are of vital importance for Malatya province, which was severely damaged by the Kahramanmaraş-centred earthquakes on 6 February 2023, Özcan noted that there is no problem in the sector, but there is a market contraction due to the surge in production in Central Asia.
7 THOUSAND 506 TONNES OF DRIED APRICOT EXPORTS IN JANUARY…
In the first month of 2025, 7 thousand 506 tonnes of dried apricots were exported, while 36 million 27 thousand dollars of revenue was obtained.
Özcan highlighted that there was a positive development in terms of quantity and income compared to January last year and used the following statements:
“Apricot is on its way to becoming the most stable and most valuable product in Türkiye’s dried fruit exports. We will protect the place of Malatya apricot in the world market by making better quality production. Supporting producers is of great importance due to increasing agricultural costs.”
1.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN APRICOT KERNELS…
“In January, 643 tonnes of apricot kernels were exported and 1 million 537 thousand dollars revenue was obtained.
The biggest export market in dried apricots was the USA.
Dried apricot exports to the USA reached 8 thousand 175 tonnes.
In apricot kernel, the most exports were made to Italy.
Malatya region will continue to maintain its competitive power by increasing quality and production efficiency in order to maintain its leadership in world dried apricot production,” Özcan added…
