Türkiye's fresh vegetable exports reached 822 million dollars in 9 months

According to the information compiled by the AA correspondent from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) data, 651 thousand 87 tons of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchinis and other vegetables grown in Türkiye found buyers in international markets.

Fresh vegetable exports, which were 749 million 157 thousand dollars in the January-September period last year, increased by 10 percent in the same period this year and reached 822 million 679 thousand dollars.

Tomato ranked first in fresh vegetable exports with a return of 304 million 163 thousand dollars. Tomato was followed by pepper, which earned 275 million 486 thousand dollars from its exports.

Compared to the same period last year, the income from tomato exports increased by 4 percent and the income from pepper exports increased by 29 percent. The two products constituted approximately 70 percent of the total fresh vegetable export revenue.

During this period, 61 million 380 thousand dollars of income was obtained from cucumber and gherkin exports, 57 million 442 thousand dollars from zucchini, and 39 million 638 thousand dollars from carrots and radishes.

The biggest market is Romania

In Türkiye's fresh vegetable exports, Romania ranked first with a purchase of 147 million 18 thousand dollars, followed by Germany with 132 million 693 thousand dollars and Russia with 76 million 54 thousand dollars.

In the same period, fresh vegetables worth 55 million 485 thousand dollars were sent to Bulgaria, 49 million 969 thousand dollars to Ukraine, and 47 million 802 thousand dollars to the Netherlands.

Turkish Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association Sector Board Chairman Hayrettin Ucak told the AA correspondent that they evaluated the increase in export income in vegetable production positively despite the changing conditions throughout the season.

Stating that tomatoes and peppers were the main items of export in this period, Yavaş said, "Our exports in 9 months increased by 10 percent compared to the previous year and the success in exports makes us happy. Our neighboring and nearby markets are important in vegetable exports. We need to closely monitor the expectations and shopping habits of consumers in the European market. Being able to offer the product that the buyer wants, with appropriate packaging and on time, is decisive in commercial relations. We attach importance to the increase in Romania and Germany in this respect." made his assessment.