Turkiye’s dried fruit and products sector achieved $724 million 669 thousand of exports in the first half of the year.
According to the information compiled from the Southeastern Anatolian Exporters’ Associations (GAIB), the dried fruit and products sector sent 227 thousand 631 tons of products to 142 countries and free zones in the first 6 months of the year.
In the first half of the year, the sector realized foreign sales of $724 million 669 thousand in return for this amount.
The sector generated the highest income from seedless raisins with $203 million 531 thousand, dried apricots with $192 million 441 thousand and dried figs with $114 million 139 thousand.
The highest exports of the sector were made by Aegean Exporters’ Associations with $417 million 562 thousand and by GAIB member companies with $129 million 53 thousand.
Most of the products went to Europe
Manufacturers delivered the most products to Europe with $290 million 524 thousand. Europe became the favorite market of the sector with its 40.1% share in exports. The sector earned the most country-based income from Germany with $100 million 461 thousand. Germany was followed by the UK with $70 million 556 thousand and the USA with $60 million 842 thousand.
GAIB Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association President Mehmet Cikmaz said that the sector is of great importance for the country’s economy.
Stating that Turkiye’s dried fruits and products are of high quality and flavored, Cikmaz said:
“The exports of our industry in the first half of the year exceeded $700 million. Our leading products in our exports are seedless raisins and dried apricots. Our industry has a great contribution to the economy. We will carry out our efforts to increase our exports in the second half of the year compared to last year. Our products are in demand in the world due to their good quality and aroma. While meeting this demand, we want to have a say in the markets by increasing high value-added products and increasing our share in the markets of the world in the second half of 2023. We plan to increase it as well.”
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz