Turkey's Tropical Fruit Exports of 7 Million 857 Thousand Dollars in the First Half of 2022
Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters' Association President Hayrettin Plane stated that Turkey's tropical fruit exports in the first half of 2022 amounted to 7 million 857 thousand dollars.
Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters' Association President Hayrettin Plank, in his written statement, pointed out that Turkey's added value chain has grown every year, adding that the graph in tropical fruit exports has increased especially in recent years.
Pointing out that tropical fruit exports increased by 225 percent in the period from 2018 to 2021, the aircraft said, "Our tropical fruit exports in Turkey were 4 million dollars in 2018, 5 million dollars in 2019, 6 million dollars in 2020, while our exports increased to 13 million dollars in 2021 with an 85% jump. We have expanded our product range in tropical fruit by adding products such as dragon fruit, passion fruit, carambola, papaya, mango, pineapple, coconut and blueberry, which we started with kiwi and avocado."
Russia in First Place
In the first half of 2022, the aircraft gave the information that Turkey realized 7 million 857 thousand dollars of tropical fruit exports and said:
"Our kiwi exports, with Russia in the first place, amounted to 5 million 454 thousand dollars. Our export of mango, in which we achieved the most momentum, increased from 144 thousand dollars to 1 million 126 thousand dollars. The United Kingdom ranks first in our mango exports with 948 thousand dollars. Blueberry, led by Germany. Our exports increased from 524 thousand dollars to 761 thousand dollars. While we exported tropical fruits to approximately 60 countries in 2020, we increased this number to 83 countries and regions in 2021. We expect that we can increase our tropical fruit exports to 20 million dollars by the end of 2022."
Stating that Russia and Romania, Turkey's main markets for fresh fruit and vegetables, maintain their place in the first semi-tropical fruit exports of 2022, Hayrettin aircraft said, "We have exports of 1 million 467 thousand dollars to Russia and 920 thousand dollars to Romania with an increase of 10 percent. Our exports to the UK increased from 119 thousand dollars to 981 thousand dollars in the six months of 2022. Thus, the United Kingdom became the third country to which we export the most in the first half of 2022. We exported our exports to Germany from 447 thousand dollars to 621 thousand dollars with an increase of 38 percent. Spain also ranks first in our tropical fruit exports with 553 thousand dollars.” made its assessment.
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