Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable exports exceeded the $3 billion threshold over the last twelve months. The exports were worth $1.3 billion in the January-July period of 2020. In the same period of this year, with the increasing demand, exports surged by 20% and reached $1.6 billion, an Anadolu Agency (AA) report said yesterday.
The traditional market of the sector, Russia, again took the lion’s share in exports. Exports worth $527 million were sent to the country. Germany followed with $186 million and Romania with $141 million in fresh fruits and vegetable imports from Turkey.
Tomatoes ranked first with $220 million worth sold abroad, while $183 million of cherries and $148 million of lemons were exported in the said period.
Source: dailysabah.com
