TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Press release... Export journey of flavour store fresh black figs began on 29th of July... Stating that the high quality and yield of fresh black figs in this year, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said: "We have a target of exceeding 50 million dollars this year which was 39 million dollars in 2018 in terms of fresh black figs." Uçak pointed out that fresh black fig, one of the rarest fruits grown in Anatolian lands, has come out one of the high value added export products and added, "Thanks to air cargo, fresh black fig has become even more value-added. We aim to reach over 3 dollars in fresh black figs of which an average export price of 2.50 dollars currently." Turkey, in 2018, made an export of fresh black figs to 40 countries and obtained 35 million dollars. Germany took the first place by 14 million dollars while Britain followed this country by 3.7 million and the Netherlands by 3.5 million dollars. W...

Turkey has made 18 million 58 thousand dollars in fresh fruit and vegetable exports last year via Turkish Cargo. According to information compiled from the data of Aegean Exporters' Associations (EIB) by Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent, 2 billion 325 million dollars in fresh fruit and vegetable exports realized from Turkey. In May 2017, Turkish Cargo Company, Turkish Cargo, was instrumental in the increase in fresh fruit and vegetable exports in terms of "special discounts and flying to new destinations". In 2017, when the agreement was reached, fresh fruits and vegetables worth 10 million 522 thousand dollars were transported by air for 6 thousand 215 tons of products. Last year, 6 thousand 691 tons of air cargo fresh fruit and vegetable exports made on the basis of value compared to the previous year increased by 71 percent and 18 million 58 thousand dollars revenue was provided. The maximum amount of fruit and vegetable exports by air was 3 million 202 th...