Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that they had a rewarding year in 2024 by combining fairs, Development of International Competitiveness Projects and TURQUALITY Projects, Türkiye’s dried fruit exports surged by 15.5 percent to 1 billion 856 million dollars and …
Read More »Dried fruit exporters want to act together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to solve the problems!
Press release… Dried fig exporters expect a more constructive cooperation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to solve the aflatoxin and ochratoxin problem. Stating that aflatoxin and ochratoxin formation increased in dried fig exports in the 2024/25 season due to climate change, Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: Seedless raisin exports totalled 310 million dollars in the first half of the 2024/25 season
Press release… Türkiye is signing a successful export season in seedless raisins, where it is the world leader in production and exports. Produced by 55 thousand producers in the triangle of Manisa, Denizli and Izmir, seedless raisin exports soared by 13 percent in the first half of the 2024/25 season, …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: Figs with aflatoxin have been eliminated for 25 years!
Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Chair of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, announced that they have been eliminating figs with aflatoxin for 25 years! Sharing that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Research Institutes, Universities, Producers, Exporters and Traders are working hard to prevent aflatoxin and ochratoxin …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: Average export price of our dried figs exceeded 6 thousand dollars
Press release… Our dried figs are worth gold…Average export price of dried figs exceeded 6 thousand dollars! Described as the fruit of paradise, dried figs, one of Türkiye’s prestige products in exports, surged by 37 percent on a dollar basis in the 2024/25 season and the average export price of …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: We can develop cooperation with Turkmenistan in terms of dried fruits
Press release… Turkish export products took their place in the Turkmenistan Export Products Fair, which mediates the consumption of Turkish products in the Turkic Republics and Central Asian markets. Turkish flavours attracted great interest. Mehmet Ali Işık The 11th Turkmenistan Turkish Export Products Fair, which was held in Turkmenistan/Aşkabat on …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: Turkish figs are produced according to international standards
Press release… Food codex is meticulously applied in figs… Everyone can consume our dried figs with peace of mind… Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association held a press conference at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) on Tuesday, 3 December 2024. Fatma Behit Informing that Türkiye meets 60 percent of …
Read More »“The biggest demand for Turkish apricots is from the USA, Germany and France”
Press release… Stating that the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association (EKMMİB) maintained its leadership in dried apricot exports with a share of 49 million dollars, Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of EKMMİB, said, “The biggest demand for Turkish apricots comes from the USA, Germany and France.” “While the United …
Read More »Mehmet Ali Işık: Dried apricot exports up by 12 percent in the first quarter of season
Press release… Türkiye’s dried apricot exports in the first quarter of the 2024/25 season revealed a successful graphic. In the first quarter of the 2024/25 season, which started on 1 August 2024, the country’s dried apricot exports were 25 thousand 461 tonnes, while the amount of foreign currency obtained from …
Read More »“The strategy of distant countries worked one-to-one in dried figs”
Press release… The distant markets strategy put forward by the Ministry of Trade in recent years to diversify Türkiye’s export markets has been successfully implemented in dried fig exports. Mehmet Ali Işık, President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that the share of the American continent …
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