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Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Turkey

fdturkey by fdturkey
11/06/2014
in Exhibition News, News
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Vegetal production is the leading sector of Turkish agriculture, and vegetal perishables constitute the backbone of the sector. The availability of diverse ecological conditions has resulted in growing all temperate, most subtropical and some tropical products.

According to the latest forecasts of TurkStat statistics, with a massive amount of 44,7 million tons, around 56% of Turkey’s total vegetative production derives from the fruit and vegetables sector.
Table illustrates the production of major fresh fruit and vegetables and the diversity of products.  According to the Turkstat total fresh fruit and vegetable production is up 4.9% from 42,5 million tons to 44,7 million in 2011 mainly due to significant increase in tomato production. The production of 11 million tons makes tomatoes the most produced vegetable in 2011. Tomato production increased by 9.6% from 10 million tons to 11 million tons. Accordingly, its share in the total production is accounted for 24.6% in the same year. Watermelons and melons, having a share of 12.3% in overall fresh fruit and vegetable production, ranked second. Production of these vegetables increased by 3.5% from 5,3 million to 5,5 million tons in 2011. Grapes are the other major crop in Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable output with production of approximately 4,3 million tons, and constitute 9,6% of annual production. With a share of 8.1%, citrus fruit production has utmost importance in the vegetative production. Within total citrus output of almost 3,7 million tons, oranges account for 1,7 million tons and the rest of the group, including tangerines, grapefruits and lemons, constitutes 2 million tons.
Turkey is the leading producer and exporter of fresh figs in the world. Bursa Siyahi grown in the Bursa province and Mut Figs grown in Mut are the most popular varieties in world’s fresh consumption in terms of production and export. Pome fruits are the second group in order of importance in Turkish fruit cultivation. Apples were the most outstanding species of this group with an annual average production figure of approximately 2.7 million tons in 2011. Quinces, the production dates back to early ages, used to be fruits grown only for domestic consumption but parallel to the increasing demand for exotic fruits in the world, Turkish quinces have lately become potential export fruits. Stone fruits, taking a share of 4.7% in overall fruit and vegetable production, rank fifth. This group involves apricots, peaches, plums, cherries and sour cherries.
Crispy cucumbers are excellent for salads with their juicy flesh and pleasant taste. All these qualities make them highly popular among buyers. Cucumbers are one of the traditional vegetables grown in greenhouses. Stuffing peppers, green peppers and capsicums together represent annual production of 1,97 million tons on average. Besides outdoor cultivation, greenhouse production has been widely used in recent years.
In addition to the above-mentioned products, many vegetables are available all year round thanks to adaptation of greenhouse production techniques. Major products grown in greenhouses are tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, melons, eggplants, green beans, squashes, etc.
The demand for organic products has also created new export opportunities for Turkey. Owing to her great production potential, Turkey has started exporting remarkable quantities of organically grown fresh fruits and vegetables in recent years.
Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable exporters are aware of the health and environmental considerations of customers and satisfy their needs by offering products which comply with both legislative and market requirements. Instruments such as ISO 9001, ISO 22000, HACCP, GAP and THE GLOBALGAP are indicators of quality, food safety and environmental consciousness.
Turkish exporters have been successfully adopting these requirements which have an impact on world fresh fruit and vegetables trade.

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Comments 1

  1. Mbabazi Sydney says:
    9 years ago

    Dear International Sales Manager,
    Am a Procurement Agent situated in the republic of Uganda East-Africa. I have Buyer who wish to purchase APPLES , GRAPES in bulk Quantity from your Country because here in our Country we don’t Grow above Fruits!! Make sure you supply all standard high quality and so please if you have a capacity to supply below quantity, then confirm with quotation PER BOX.
    – 2 40FT CONTAINERS
    – CIF MOMBASA PORT KENYA E.AFRICA
    And current client is the one to be invoiced although I do most of the Negotiations therefore, every communication on this deal goes and is Managed through me and am payable by buyer side. But if you can’t supply once above quantity its okay you can supply in bits.
    Thanks very much.
    Best Regards.
    Mbabazi R. K Sydney – Procurement Agent
    PA UGANDA LTD
    P.O. BOX 1928
    BUGANDA KINGDOM – KAMPALA UGANDA EAST AFRICA.
    Email: [email protected]
    Tel: 256412200300
    Fax: 256412607099

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