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Press release… August 2026… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye recovered from the losses in cherry exports caused by the climate crisis in 2025 by 2026. Explaining that cherry exports are showing a positive trend not only in terms of quantity …

Press release… August 2026… Türkiye healed the wounds of its 2025 export losses due to the climate crisis in 2026! Between January 1 and August 10, 2026, the country exported 68,737 tonnes of cherries, earning 235 million dollars in foreign exchange. In the same period of 2025, cherry exports amounted …

Press release… August 2026… The export journey of the Bursa Black fig and the Sarılop fresh fig – in which Türkiye is a world leader in both production and export – kicks off… Having earned 94 million dollars in foreign exchange from fresh fig exports in 2025, Türkiye is targeting …

Press release… August 2026… The Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector has achieved a significant success story in the last 22 years by transforming its production capacity into exports. The sector’s exports soared by 175 percent, from 1,337,000 tonnes to 3,669,000 tonnes. Cengiz Balık According to a compilation of data …

Press release… July 2026… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated that they consider 2025 a successful year for their sector. The most exported products were cherries, tomatoes, tangerines and peaches… Emphasizing that they also made a strong start to 2026, he said that …

Press release… July 2026… Aegean fresh fruit and vegetable exporters, who supply over a hundred products—ranging from citrus fruits to figs and from grapes to tomato paste and pickles—to global markets, ramped up their exports by 2 percent to 572 million dollars in the first half of 2026. Fresh fruit …

Press release… July 2026… Our Export Target is 200 Million Dollars in the Medium Term… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that they are focusing not only on increasing export volume but also on markets that will ramp up the export value per …

Press release… July 2026… Exporters of fresh fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products are set to forge new trade links in Japan and South Korea. As part of Türkiye’s strategy to target high-value-added markets for the export of fresh fruit, vegetables and fruit and vegetable products, the …

Press release… June 2026… Türkiye is the world leader in cherry production, with an annual output of 700,000 tonnes from an area of 1 million 400 thousand decares. Seeking to translate its strength in cherry production into exports, the country is at a critical juncture in commencing cherry exports to …

Press release June, 2026… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, stated that fresh fruit and vegetable sector has demonstrated an export performance far exceeding the growth in production. “Looking at the period from 2002 to 2024, whilst our production soared by approximately 50 percent, …