Produced in Turkiye and one of the indispensable flavors of meals, chili peppers flavored the cuisines of 93 countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, England, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, in the first half of the year. An input of $4 million 967 thousand was provided from the 2 thousand 185 tons of chili peppers sold.
According to the information compiled from the data of the Southeastern Anatolian Exporters’ Associations (GAIB), $9 million 222 thousand of chili pepper exports were made from Turkiye in 2021.
While a revenue of $4 million 730 thousand was obtained in return for 1913 tons of products in the January-June period of last year, 2 thousand 185 tons of chili peppers were sold in the same period of this year, and an input of $4 million 967 thousand was provided.
Chili pepper exported to 93 countries
In a 6-month period, chili peppers were sold to 93 countries including Germany, Netherlands, England, Iraq, USA, France, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Niger, Togo, Cuba, Malaysia, Japan, Canada, Oman, Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Malta and Kenya.
Germany took the first place in the export of chili pepper with $1 million 199 thousand. This country was followed by the Netherlands with $674 thousand and England with 623 thousand.
“We believe that it will take its place in the kitchen of more countries”
Sanliurfa Commodity Exchange Assembly President Isa Kizildemir said that the value of agricultural production is being understood more and more all over the world.
Emphasizing that Turkiye continued its agricultural production with the right decisions while the whole world was shutting down during the epidemic period, Kizildemir said, “Our farmers continue their production as they did in that day. Sanliurfa is the first name that comes to mind when it comes to bitter and isot. A significant part of the chili pepper sold in Turkiye is produced in our city. Many exporting companies export chili peppers, which are produced and prepared in Sanliurfa and the Southeast. We believe that the chili peppers produced in the coming years will take their place in the cuisines of more countries.”
Kizildemir stated that the harvest of the planted peppers will begin soon, adding that they expect the export figures to increase even more until the end of the year with the production of chili peppers in the new season.
Source: Trthaber / Translated by Irem Yildiz