Raisin exports broke record of last 9 years
12 September 2018 Wednesday
Turkey, seedless raisins in the sector; 2017/18 season, 279 thousand 343 tons of money left behind with exports of 452 million 498 thousand dollars. Raisin exports up 8 percent.
The export of seedless raisins was recorded as 419 million 159 thousand dollars for 270 thousand tons in 2016/17 season.
The export of seedless raisins has taken place in the history as the record of the last 9 years in terms of quantity, while another nice development is; The export of seedless raisins to the Far East was a huge increase.
According to Aegean Exporters' Association data; August 31, 2018 Date of completion of the 2017/18 season in Turkey, seedless grape exports in the last 10 years while breaking the record, it drew attention to the increase in exports to the Far East countries. The export of seedless raisins to the Far East countries increased by 42 percent from 34 million 349 thousand dollars to 48 million 944 thousand dollars. The share of Far East countries in the export of seedless raisins increased from 8 percent to 11 percent.