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In the first half of 2024, tropical fruit exports reached 11 million dollars…
Target of 25 million dollars in tropical fruit exports…
In the first half of 2024, Türkiye earned 11 million 793 thousand dollars in foreign currency income with an increase of 12 percent from tropical fruit exports, including products such as pineapple, avocado, mango, pitaya (dragon fruit), guavo pear, mangosteen, kiwi, passion fruit, carambola, blueberry, coconut.
Hayrettin Uçak, Head of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that Türkiye is growing its value-added chain every year.
“Especially in recent years, our rising graph in tropical fruit exports clearly reveals our success. While our tropical fruit exports across Türkiye was 4 million dollars in 2018, it reached 23 million dollars in 2023. In the first half of 2024, we exported 11 million 793 thousand dollars of tropical fruits with a spike of 12 percent. We exported tropical fruits to approximately 70 countries and regions. We aim to export 25 million dollars at the end of the year,” he said.
Pointing out that their exports to the United Kingdom reached 2 million dollars from 806 thousand dollars compared to last year, Uçak added, “Thus, the United Kingdom became the country we exported the most in the first half of 2024. We have exports of 1.6 million dollars to Russia and 1 million dollars to Romania. In the first half of 2024, our kiwi exports, where Romania ranked first, totalled 5.6 million dollars. The United Kingdom ranks first in our blueberry exports. In blueberries, where we recorded the most momentum, our exports surged from 1 million dollars to 3.3 million dollars. Our mango exports, where the United Kingdom ranks first, rose to 1.3 million dollars. Our avocado exports, led by Russia, totalled 1 million dollars.”
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