Turkiye earned $16 million 163 thousand 127 from tea exports in the first 6 months of the year.
According to the compilation made by the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKIB), tea was sold to 111 countries, autonomous and free zones in the first half of the year from Turkiye, which is the only tea in the world with snow on it.
Turkish tea exports, which were recorded as $12 million 234 thousand 737 in the January-June 2022 period, reached $16 million 163 thousand 127 with an increase of 32% in the same period of this year.
The highest demand for Turkish tea, whose exports increase every year, was from Belgium, the USA and the United Kingdom.
In the first half of the year, $6 million 885 thousand 337 of tea were exported to Belgium, $2 million 93 thousand 263 to the USA and $1 million 599 thousand 342 to the United Kingdom.
Unlike the same period last year, tea was also sold to Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Slovakia, Congo, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Panama, Gabon, Malaysia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Portugal, Poland, Angola, Togo and Rwanda during this period.
“We believe that exports will reach better points”
Saban Turgut, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of DKIB and Chairman of the Tea Sector Committee, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that Turkish tea exports are increasing every year.
Drawing attention to the country diversity as well as the increase in the export of the product, Turgut stated that Turkish tea exports started the year well and closed the first half of the year with an increase.
Turgut stated that they are hopeful that tea exports will continue to increase until the end of the year, adding, “Our tea exports and country diversity increase every year. Our aim is to increase our exports to Europe, the Middle East, the USA and the Far East countries. We will continue our work on this issue effectively in the coming period. “
Explaining that the tourism potential also reflects positively on tea exports, Turgut said, “The intense influx of tourists to our region has increased the awareness of our tea, and this has contributed positively to our exports. We believe that exports will reach better points with the promotion and trade delegation programs in this regard. We are focusing on our work in this direction.”
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz