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Press release... Turkish tomato exports to Russia have resumed on March 7 after a month-long disruption due to the yearly quota limit. Moscow decided to lift the yearly quote from 150,000 tons to 200,000 tons after some containers carrying Turkish tomatoes were returned last month, saying that the quota limit was already met. “We exported 98,000 tons of tomatoes to Russia in 2019. Turkish exporters can send 50,000 tons [of tomatoes] in a couple of months. Thus, we want the quote to be removed completely,” said Hayrettin Uçak, chairman of the Aegean Union of Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters. Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan and Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli are in talks with their Russian counterparts to lift the quotes in bilateral trade and they expect the trade diplomacy to bear fruits in the upcoming months, said Uçak. Turkey ’s tomato exports to Russia increased 181 percent in 2019, bringing the country a total of $74.5 million. In January 2016, after Turkey d...

Russia on Tuesday increased the quota for tomatoes imported from Turkey from 150,000 to 200,000 tons. "Approve the permitted volume of import of the product ‘Tomatoes fresh or chilled' – 200,000 tons," the Russian Agriculture Ministry said in a decree published on Russia's official web portal of legal notices. The decision comes after hundreds of trucks carrying around 5,000 tons of tomatoes from Turkey were last week reported to have been stranded for over a week in the buffer zone between Russia and Ukraine, waiting for Russia to officially increase its quota. Thousands of tons of tomatoes were left waiting at the border at risk of going to waste, causing a potential loss of up to $30 million. In February, producers started to send additional products to the Russian border after reports that Russia's agriculture ministry was set to increase the quota of Turkey's tomato import quota by 50,000 tons to 200,000 tons. Russia’s agriculture ministry in late Janua...

Fresh fruit and vegetable exports from the Aegean saw a 68 percent increase... Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association performed a fresh fruit and vegetable export of 24 million 270 thousand dollars in January. The Association's exports in January 2019 were 14 million 440 thousand dollars. Fresh fruits and vegetables exports from the Aegean have increased by 68 percent. Tomatoes received the lion's share of fresh fruit and vegetable exports with an amount of 11 million 97 thousand dollars, while 2 million 873 thousand of Satsuma mandarins, 1 million 474 thousand of pomegranate exports and 1 million 340 thousand dollars of lemon exports. Aegean fresh fruit and vegetable exporters sold tens of products to 52 countries, from pepper to eggplant, zucchini to onion, orange to grapefruit, apple to grapes, cucumber to apple, grapes to vine leaves...

According the data compiled from Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), in first five months of the year 314 thousand 66 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables have been exported to Russia. 229 million 868 thousand 717 dollars of revenue was obtained. Tomatoes took the first place in the exports in the mentioned period. Russia in this period were sold 68 thousand 414 tons of tomatoes from Turkey, in exchange for 62 million 465 thousand 273 dollars. In the same period last year, Turkey exported to Russia 24 thousand 310 tons of tomatoes and 20 million 801 thousand 867 dollars had been won. So tomato exports to Russia from Turkey, rose by 181 percent compared to the same period last year, while the value has increased by 200 percent. 15 thousand 224 tons of tomatoes from Trabzon to Russia in January-May of the year by selling 13 million 854 thousand 750 dollars revenue was obtained. 4 thousand 263 tons of tomatoes were exported to Russia in the same period last year from th...

Press release... Turkey targets $ 1billion in foreign exchange from tomatoes... In 2018 $ 603 million revenue from tomato exports... Tomatoes and tomato-derived products, which are used in kitchens in every meal and salad, are among the stars of cheese and olives and one of the great trio of breakfasts. Turkey earned income in 2018 with the export of tomatoes and tomato-derived products in 603 million 660 thousand dollars of foreign exchange. Turkey have exported all kinds of tomatoes, fresh, tomato paste, dried, frozen. Fresh tomato exports amounted to $ 292 million, while tomato paste exports became the top partner of $ 164 million. The dried tomato exports from Turkey; He won $ 88 million in foreign exchange. Exports of frozen tomatoes amounted to $ 39.4 million, while exports of ketchup and tomato sauces totaled $ 16.3 million. Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association President Hayrettin Uçak, said in his statement, "Tomato and tomato-derived produ...