In the first 3 months of the year, pistachios worth $73 million 790 thousand were exported from Turkiye to 69 countries.
In 2023, pistachios worth $151 million 568 thousand were exported to 96 countries.
While $24 million 250 thousand of income was obtained from pistachios exports in the January-March period of last year, this figure increased to $73 million 790 thousand in the same period of this year.
Italy is one of the countries to which Turkiye exports the most pistachios. Turkiye, which exported pistachios to 69 countries in the first 3 months of this year, sold $12 million 145 thousand worth of pistachios to Italy in the first quarter of this year.
In pistachio exports, Italy was followed by Germany with $11 million 835 thousand and Iraq with $9 million 116 thousand.
Export figures made exporters happy
Sanliurfa Commodity Exchange Assembly President Isa Kizildemir said that the great increase in pistachio exports in the first period of the year was pleasing.
Stating that pistachios are described as “green gold” by the farmers in Sanliurfa and Gaziantep, the cities where they are grown the most, Kizildemir said, “Pistachios are a strategic product for our country. Pistachios, which have a wide range of usage, provide income to their producers, industrialists and exporters due to their economic returns. We were pleased with the export figures in the first quarter of the year, and I believe that these figures will be much higher with the new season pistachios that will be harvested towards the middle of the year.”
Source: Trthaber / Prepared by Irem Yildiz