2021 Export Target for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables is 1 Billion 200 Million Dollars

Turkey's annual 50 million tons of fresh fruits and vegetables in excess Age Aegean want to increase the export share in the production Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (EYMSİB), received the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Leaving the year 2020 behind with an export of 1 billion 40 million dollars, EYMSİB set a target of 2021 billion 1 million dollars for 200 with the support it received from Ankara.

The Board of Directors of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Union met with the Deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Ayşe Ayşın Işıkgece and Mehmet Hadi Tunç in Ankara. During the visit, the idea of ​​the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Union to implement a new project for the production of fruit and vegetables suitable for human health without residue was adopted.

First visit in Ankara Ceyda Bölünmez to Çankırı

The Board of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association, which started its Ankara contacts by visiting the AK Party İzmir Deputy and Foreign Affairs Commission Member Mr. Ceyda Bölünmez, in Çankırı, exchanged information about the efforts to increase the exports of İzmir and the Aegean Region.

Later, under the chairmanship of Ceyda Bölünmez Çankırı, the delegation visited Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Ayşe Ayşin Işıkgece in her office and the problems and solution suggestions regarding the export of fresh fruit and fruit and vegetable products were evaluated.

Finally, the delegation visited Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mehmet Hadi Tunç in his office and exchanged views on the steps to be taken together to advance the sector.

Airplane; "Despite the pandemic, we reached both the domestic market and the export"

Visits Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association provides information about the performance of 2020 Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Hayrettin President of the Association of Flight, pandemic period 7 days working 24 hours a day, as they meet Turkey's demand for food, as well as 17 percent export increase He stated that they signed a record export of 1 billion 40 million dollars.

Underlining that the contacts in Ankara were very positive, President Uçak said, “Dear İzmir Deputy Ceyda Bölünmez Çankırı has always stood by our producers and exporters and did not refuse their support from us, and today I thank on behalf of our Association for hosting us warmly. We exchanged ideas with our Deputy Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Ayşe Ayşin Işıkgece and Mehmet Hadi Tunç to increase our exports and they shed light on the problems of the sector with their constructive solution proposals. The demand of both our citizens and the markets we export to is fresh fruits and vegetables without residues. In order to achieve this goal, a consensus has been reached with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to implement a joint project in the upcoming period. I would like to express my gratitude to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for their support and constructive approach to our producers and exporters. I wholeheartedly believe that we will reach an export figure of 2021 billion 1 million dollars in 200 with the strength we get from Ankara, ”he said.

Ankara contacts of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association; The delegation consisting of Chairman of the Board Hayrettin Uçak, Vice Chairman of the Board Murat Ödül and Cengiz Balık, Board Members Sadık Demircan, Ata Özdemir and Martin Sanford, and Aegean Exporters' Association employees Gökay Çelikli and Burcu Kurnaz attended.