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Türkiye’s chilli pepper exports soared by 26 percent in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year, rising to 6 million 878 thousand dollars.
According to data from the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAİB), 12 million 226 thousand dollars of chilli pepper exports were made from Türkiye to 99 countries in 2023.
Exports of chilli pepper, which was 5 million 441 thousand dollars in the January-June period of last year, surged by 26 percent to 6 million 878 thousand dollars in the same period of this year.
In the first half of this year, 1876 tonnes of chilli peppers were sent to 83 countries including Germany, England, the Netherlands, the USA, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Saudi Arabia, Canada, Qatar, Russia, Romania, Greece, the People’s Republic of China, Brazil, Italy, Cuba and Spain.
Germany ranked first in chilli pepper exports on the basis of countries with 1 million 210 thousand dollars. This country was followed by the USA with 964 thousand dollars, the UK with 781 thousand dollars, the Netherlands with 771 thousand dollars and Saudi Arabia with 542 thousand dollars.
“Export figures to go higher with new markets”
Şanlıurfa Commodity Exchange Assembly Chairman İsa Kızıldemir stated that the increasing export of chilli pepper is pleasing for both producers and exporters.
Kızıldemir said that ‘hot’ is identified with Şanlıurfa and that the spike in the export of chilli peppers is also welcomed by the producers and that many exporter companies buy and export chilli peppers prepared from peppers grown in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, especially Şanlıurfa province.
Pointing out that the increase in production will also be reflected in export figures, Kızıldemir said, ‘The high export figures from the country are also of great importance in terms of contribution to the national economy. It is very important in this respect that the figures continue to increase in chilli pepper exports.”
“In the first half of this year, we exported chilli peppers to 83 countries and we believe that these export figures will go higher with our new products and new markets this year,” he added.
