Ferhat Guruz, Chairman of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that $1.69 billion of fresh fruit and vegetables were exported from Turkiye in the January-June period.
Guruz, in his written statement, stated that the net foreign currency input provided by the sector to the national economy is of strategic importance.
Providing information on Turkiye’s foreign sales in the first half of the year, Guruz said, “Turkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased by 17% in the first half of 2023 and reached the level of $1.69 billion. This performance was supported by the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association by 46%.”
Tomato was the most exported product
Guruz stated that they evaluated 2 million 277 thousand tons of products in international markets in 6 months and said:
“The most exported products of our industry were tomatoes, tangerines and peppers. In this period, we exported $326 million of tomatoes with an increase of 32%, tangerines of $228.4 million with an increase of 35%, and peppers of $180.2 million with an increase of 51%. Our biggest markets in our fresh fruit and vegetable exports in the first half of the year were Russia, Romania and Germany. We exported to Russia $498.2 million with an increase of 10%, to Romania $180 million with an increase of 42% and to Germany with an increase of 26% to $156.6 million.”
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz