Thanks to the economic policies that give priority to production and exports, sectors continue to break records in Turkey’s exports.
Turkey’s agricultural sector achieved the highest January-May exports of all time with 14 billion 58 million dollars.
Agricultural exports, which increased by 4.8 percent in the 5 months of the year, took a 13,7 percent share from Turkey’s total foreign sales.
4 out of 10 industries broke records
4 out of 10 sectors operating in agriculture broke export records in 5 months of the year. In the said period, the grains, pulses, oilseeds and products, fresh fruits and vegetables, olives and olive oil, ornamental plants and products sector made the highest exports of all time.
Grains, pulses, oil seeds and products with 4 billion 738 million dollars, fresh fruits and vegetables 1 billion 424 million dollars, olives and olive oil 480 million 269 thousand dollars, ornamental plants and products with 76 million 512 thousand dollars, the highest January-May exports of all time. performed.
In January-May 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year, cereals, pulses, oil seeds and their products were 7.6 percent, fresh fruits and vegetables were 22.5 percent, olives and olive oil 188.8 percent, ornamental plants and products 1.2 percent. exports increased.
Exports of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector to Russia exceeded 400 million dollars.
Looking at countries, cereals, pulses, oilseeds and their products went to Iraq 837 million 249 thousand dollars, fresh fruit and vegetable sector 402 million 401 thousand dollars to Russian Federation, olive and olive oil sector 172 million 874 dollars to Spain in 5 months of the year. thousand dollars, ornamental plants and products to the Netherlands amounted to 19 million 878 thousand dollars.
The exports of the ornamental plants and products sector to the Netherlands decreased by 3 million 795 thousand dollars, while the exports of cereals, pulses, oil seeds and their products to Iraq decreased by 33 million 766 thousand dollars.
Exports of the olive and olive oil sector to Spain increased by 165 million 227 thousand dollars, while the exports of the fresh fruit and vegetable sector to Russia increased by 113 million 349 thousand dollars.
Ornamental plants and products and fresh fruit and vegetable sectors came to the fore in Antalya’s exports.
On the basis of provinces, 1 billion 477 million dollars of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products from Istanbul, 34 million 529 thousand dollars of ornamental plants and products from Antalya, 358 million 894 thousand dollars of fresh fruits and vegetables, 213 million 27 from İzmir. thousand dollars of olive and olive oil exports were realized.
