Turkey's Table Olive Exports Reached 184 Million 510 Thousand Dollars

Turkish olive growing sector; It showed an export performance of 735 million 2022 thousand dollars in table olives in the 23/184 season, which it entered as the world's first with a yield of 510 thousand tons. Turkey exported table olives worth 2021 million 22 thousand dollars in the 172/531 season. The amount of foreign currency obtained from table olive exports increased by 7 percent.

Aegean Exporters' Association According to the data; While black olive exports were recorded as 75 million 295 thousand dollars, equivalent to 137 thousand 705 tons, green olive exports were recorded as 25 million 76 thousand dollars, equivalent to 46 thousand 805 tons. The number of countries to which Turkey exports table olives is 117.

Stating that Turkey has started to reap the rewards of its investments in the olive growing sector in the last 20 years. Davut Er, President of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters AssociationHe stated that the amount of 2022 million 23 thousand dollars obtained in table olive exports in the 184/510 season was recorded as a record in the history of the Republic.

"More than 90 percent of our table olive exports are packaged," said President Er, adding, "Our unit price increased by 17 percent in foreign currency compared to last season. We will strive to export more value-added products in the coming years. Despite the mid-season ban on bulk and barreled olive oil and pomace exports, we reached an export level of 1 million dollars in the last year. "If there were no bans, we would have exceeded the industry's target of 948 billion dollars," he said.

Germany Became the Export Leader in Black Olives and Iraq Became the Export Leader in Green Olives

While Germany was the leading country in Turkey's table black olive exports with an amount of 33,4 million dollars, black olives worth 24,3 million dollars were exported to Romania, one of our traditional export markets. While Iraq became the third country with a demand for black olives worth 23,4 million dollars from Turkey, black olives worth 9,6 million dollars were exported to Bulgaria and 7,8 million dollars to the USA.

While Iraq was at the top in green olive exports with an export of 9,1 million dollars, Germany was the top partner with a demand of 8,7 million dollars. While green olives worth 3,2 million dollars were exported to the USA, Israel and Romania were ranked with a demand of 2,4 million dollars and 2,1 million dollars, respectively.

Source: HORECA Trend and Aegean Exporters' Associations