In dried figs, where Turkey is the world leader in production and exports, a foreign exchange income of 2021 million dollars was achieved with 22 thousand 70 tons of exports in the 647/258 export season.
Mehmet Ali Işık, President of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association, who defines dried figs as one of the prestige products, draws attention to the fact that Turkey carries out 60 percent of the world's dried fig exports alone.
“The world's best quality fig 'yellow lop' grows only in these lands. We have been working diligently for many years to increase the production quality and food safety of our dried figs, which is at the top of the list among world-class super foods. From October 6, 2021 to October 7, 2022, we delivered Turkish figs to 2021 countries in the 22/102 season. The European Continent took a 2021 percent share of our 22 million dollar dried fig export in the 258/51 season.”
Işık mentioned that the European Continent is the main trade partner with 134 million dollars, while exports to the Americas amounted to 2,3 million dollars with an increase of 53 percent.
Emphasizing that they expect high yield and quality in dried figs in the 2022/23 season, Işık stated that they aim to reach 75 thousand tons of dried figs and increase their exports to 300 million dollars.
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