Tag Archives: Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) Organic Products and Sustainability Coordinator and Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the dried fruit sector, one of Türkiye’s most strategic sectors, has generated 1.74 billion dollars in net foreign exchange revenue for the country …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association and Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters’ Association, announced that Japan imports 80 billion dollars worth of food products annually. Pointing out that the TURQUALITY Project, Turkish Tastes, successfully implemented in the …

Press release… The target for the 2025/26 season is 400 million dollars… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that their aim to maintain their global leadership in dried fig production and exports. saying, “We are continuously working to ensure the healthy and …

Press release… Türkiye completed the 2024/25 export season with a successful performance in dried figs, the fruit of paradise. Foreign exchange earnings from dried fig exports soared by 27 percent in the 2024/25 season, from 290,858,000 dollars to 369,759,000 dollars. Türkiye surpassed the 300 million dollars threshold for the first …

Press release… Işık: “We are the world leader in the production and export of seedless raisins, dried apricots and dried figs.” Mehmet Ali Işık, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that World Food Day, October 16th, presents a significant opportunity to remember the importance of …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye’s investment in viticulture has resulted in a production capacity of 1.2 million decares of seedless sultana grapes in the Manisa-Denizli-İzmir triangle. Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products …

Press release… 15 At the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association’s Advisory General Assembly, a recommendation was made to kick off the 2025/26 dried fig season of which Türkiye is a global leader in production and export, on October 15, 2025. The Ministry of Trade will make the final …

Press release… Türkiye exported 57,944 tonnes of dried figs during the 2024/25 dried fig export season, which began on September 25, 2024 and ended August 16, 2025, generating 347,840,000 dollars in foreign currency revenue. While dried fig exports decreased by 5 percent compared to the 2023/24 season, foreign currency revenue …

Press release… Işık: “Demand for healthy foods is increasing.” Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the shift towards healthy foods in Japan significantly increases, mostly in plant-based and frozen food consumption. Pointing out that the frozen food market in Japan has …

Press release… The Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and producers joined forces to ensure food safety in dried figs, the fruit of paradise, by preventing their contact with the soil during drying and preventing the formation of aflatoxin and ochratoxin. Within the …