Dried apricots closed the season with exports of 399 million dollars

Turkey's dried apricot exports for the 2023/24 season amounted to 66 thousand 832 tons, generating $399 million, with the average export price per ton increasing by 10.5 percent to $5,967. Despite a 17 percent decrease in quantity, the drop in foreign exchange income was limited to 8 percent. The Aegean Exporters' Association aims to increase exports to 107 thousand tons in the 2024/25 season and diversify markets, focusing on the United States, India, Australia, China, Japan, Brazil, and South Korea. The United States is the leading demander of Turkish dried apricots, with a demand of $63.6 million. The TURQUALITY Project, a collaboration between the Aegean Exporters' Associations and the US, has played a key role in boosting exports to the US market.

In dried apricots, where Turkey is the world leader in production and export, the 2023/24 season was realized as 66 thousand 832 tons for 399 million dollars. While dried apricot exports were 80 thousand 388 tons in quantity in the 2022/23 season, their foreign exchange equivalent was 434 million 272 thousand dollars. While the average export price of dried apricots was 5 thousand 402 dollars per ton in the 2022/23 season, it increased by 10.5 percent to 5 thousand 967 dollars in the 2023/24 season. Thanks to this increase, dried apricot exports decreased by 17 percent in quantity, while the decrease in foreign exchange income was limited to 8 percent. Işık: "We aim to export 107 thousand tons of dried apricots in the 2024/25 season" Stating that they entered the 2024/25 season with the goal of a 'Golden Year' in yellow apricots, Aegean Exporters' Association Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator and Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association President ...