12 percent increase in dried fig exports: closed the season with 292 million dollars – Last Minute Life News

Stating that Turkey is the world leader in dried fig production and exports, Aegean Exporters’ Association Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator Mehmet Ali Işık, President of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that by acting in cooperation as producers, traders, universities, public and exporters, 2023 -He emphasized that they achieved success in the 2024 season. Explaining that they are working as a sector to establish a system from the farmer to the shelf in order to avoid problems due to aflatoxin and ochratoxin in dried figs, Işık said: “We have distributed crawfish and straw bags to producers for many years in order to prevent the frequency of inspections from increasing in the European Union, our biggest export market. In the 2023-2024 season, we purchased and distributed UV lamps within the budget so that our exporting companies that purchased the products from the manufacturers could check them. We also continued to distribute straw bags to our producers. In our Dried Fig Sector Board, all parties of the sector work to increase the total quality.” he said.

Emphasizing that the 2024-2025 season has started in dried figs, Işık stated that they expect a harvest similar to the 2023-2024 season and that they target 300 million dollars from dried fig exports.