SİNAN KIZILTAN: AQUACULTURE EXPORTS EXCEED 1 BILLION DOLLARS
Turkey's aquaculture exports have exceeded 1 billion dollars in revenue from the sale of fish grown in farms around the country. Sinan Kızıltan, chairman of the Fisheries and Animal Products Sector Board of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), told Anadolu Agency (AA) that Turkey exported aquaculture worth 1.02 billion dollars last year, marking a 7 percent year-on-year rise. He added that the sector has entered 80 foreign markets. According to Kızıltan, sea bass ranked first among fishery exports at 296 million dollars, followed by sea bream at 255 million dollars, salmon at 104 million dollars and tuna at 86 million dollars. Also 60 percent of aquaculture exports went to EU countries. Indicating that Turkish aquaculture had gained significant success in the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Japan and Greece, he noted that focus would be placed on increasing exports to the Far Asian market. CHINESE MARKET IN SIGHT Kızıltan said that they had entered the Chinese market last year and pr...