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Imports of Turkish Greenhouse Vegetables Rose to 29,300 MT in the beginning of 2020

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The volume of supplies of greenhouse vegetables from Turkey to the Russian market amounted to 29,300 MT, worth $28 million, in the beginning of 2020.

According to ROIF Expert agency, that due to the sharp increase in supplies, Turkish companies have surpassed the largest exporters of this product category – Azerbaijan and China.

As of the agency report “Condition and analysis of the greenhouse industry in Russia: research and forecast until 2024”, the import of Turkish vegetables has grown by 20 times in 2016-2019. Last year, Turkey increased the sales of greenhouse vegetables to the Russian market by $66.2 million.

Turkish exporters increased their presence on the Russian market despite a 5.3% overall decline in imports in this category in volume terms in 2019. Meanwhile, the Russian producers of greenhouse vegetables increased the production volumes by 471,500 MT, with an increase of greenhouse areas by 36.9%, in 2016-2019.

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Turkey: Mandarin Exports to Russia Increased by 49%

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In the first quarter, Turkey’s mandarin exports to Russia increased by 49% in terms of value and 37% in terms of quantity.

According to the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKIB), in the same period, Turkey exported 81 776 MT of mandarins to Russia and earned 49.8 million USD. Last year, Turkey exported 59 725 MT of mandarins in exchange of 33.5 million USD.

Trabzon, a city in the Black Sea Region, was the only mandarin exporter from the region. In this period, the city exported 14 638 MT of mandarins and earned 9 million USD.

The association’s (DKIB) vice-chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gurdogan announced that the 2019-2020 citrus season is going well and that they work towards the next season.

Pointing out to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global trade, Gurdogan stated that export costs are constantly increasing. “It is important to lower export costs. State support is crucial to achieve a competitive position in the market. Our exporters’s expectations are in the same line”.

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Turkish Tomato Exports to Russia on Rise, Totaling $86 Million in 2019

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Turkey’s tomato exports to the Russian Federation saw a 186% increase in 2019, compared with the previous year, reaching $86.05 million in value.

According to the Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Association (GAİB), the country’s overall tomato exports totaled around $304.5 million in 2019, with exports to 56 countries around the world recorded at $291.8 million in 2018.

Russia ranked first among countries to which Turkish exporters sent tomatoes, with a total of $86.05 million in revenue, increasing from $30.6 million in 2018. Romania and Ukraine followed with export volumes worth $36.4 million and $30.01 million, respectively.

Greenhouse Investors and Producers Association (SERA-BİR) and GAP Greenhouse Gardeners Association Chairman Müslüm Yanmaz told Anadolu Agency that 2019 saw a decline in crop volume due to seasonal conditions, which did not reflect negatively on exports.

Yanmaz said that exporters sought to bring the tomato export volume to the levels prior to a diplomatic row between Ankara and Moscow after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft that violated Turkish airspace in March 2015.

In January 2016, Russia banned imports of Turkish fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, oranges, apples, apricots, cabbage, broccoli, mandarins, pears, peaches, cucumbers, plums, strawberries, onions, cloves and poultry.

However, in the summer of 2017, Moscow relaxed trade sanctions placed on the country.

Official data demonstrated that Turkey’s fresh tomato exports in 2014 were valued at $426 million while $275 million of this amount came from exports to Russia, which signifies that Russia alone constituted 65% of Turkey’s fresh tomato exports.

Yanmaz noted that exporters were actively in search of other new markets, including China.

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Turkish Citrus Exports to Russia are Led by Mandarins

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During the first eleven months of 2019, Turkey exported 393,548 MT of citrus fruits worth 214.7 million dollars to Russia, according to data of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Union (DKIB) for the period between January and November.

Mandarin was the most exported citrus with 230,352 MT worth 118 million dollars.

Turkish lemon exports to Russia during this period amounted to 55 million dollars while orange exports totaled 23.7 million dollars.

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Turkey Exports Half of its Table Grapes to Russia

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According to data from the Aegean Exporters’ Association, half of the table grape exports in the period from June to October (worth $120 million) went to Russia. The overall exports surged by 15% compared to the same period of the previous season, up from $103.6 million, the data showed.

By receiving $67.1 million worth of Turkish table grapes in the said period, Russia had a share of 56% of the total exports, followed by Ukraine with $13.4 million and Germany with $6.7 million.

The western province of Manisa, which meets almost all of the exports of fresh grapes, has offered overseas markets products such as “Emperor,” “Razaki,” “Red Globe” and “Superior,” as well as the Manisa Sultani seedless grapes, a registered trademark.

In the meantime, harvest season continues in the 120,000-acre vineyard area in Sarıgöl, Manisa, renowned for its table grape production. Hayrettin Uçak, chairman of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, said that they are pleased with the export of fresh grapes this season.

Stressing the quality of table grapes, Uçak added that they do not experience any difficulties in marketing. “Our manufacturers are also satisfied with the price. Sultani seedless grapes especially are in high demand,” he said. “Russia is by far the largest market in grape exports. We have had some trouble with Russia in the past, but we are fine at the moment. We went above the previous figures… We sell one bunch of grapes to Russia, the other bunch to domestic markets or European countries.”

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Peaches were Turkey’s most exported fresh produce to Russia

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According to the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association’s (DKIB) figures, in the first 9 months of the year, Turkey exported 505,547 MT of fresh fruits and vegetables to Russia, worth $412.6 mln. Peaches ranked first with an export volume of 73,455 MT and with an export value of $75.8 mln. Peaches were followed by tomatoes and grapes.

Last year, in the same period, Turkey exported 72,897 MT of peaches for $66.8 mln. Thus, peach exports to Russia increased by 1% in terms of volume and by %13 in terms of value.

The Black Sea Region was responsible of 101,883 MT of the overall fresh fruits and vegetables exports to Russia. The region earned $83.9 mln from these exports. Peaches also ranked first in Black Sea Region’s exports to Russia. 14,541 MT of peaches were exported from the area in exchange of $14.9 mln.

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Turkish Vegetable and Fruit Exports Denied Entry into Russia

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Producers of fruits and vegetables in Turkey are concerned about the increasing cases of exports being sent back from Russia.

Some claim that Russian phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor regularly returns fruit to Turkey. On May 25, specialists returned 20 tons of Turkish strawberries and apricots, finding Californian flower thrips in them. In April, the agency for a similar reason returned 39.5 tons of tomatoes and 20.3 tons of strawberries, and in March it returned 25 tons of tangerines because of a Mediterranean fruit fly infestation.

The reasons for the return of the suppliers are called unreasonable, and the claims to the quality of products are haunting the control services.

“The fact that vegetables and fruits are returned to Turkey on the basis of their phytosanitary conditions, does not point at malicious intent. All this is routine procedure, in relation to all products supplied from abroad. Products that enter Russia must comply with all our phytosanitary requirements. When we register a violation of these requirements, we, naturally, do not allow products to enter the country,” a Russian official explained the situation to east-fruit.com.

Some Turkish suppliers report product inspections taking up to two weeks. In those cases, the exporters’ goods become unusable and remain unclaimed. In addition, manufacturers said that with respect to countries such as Egypt and Tunisia, there are no such stringent checks. At this time, the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture is discussing these issues with its Russian counterparts.

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Russia Again Top Market for Turkey’s Fruit & Vegetable Exports

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Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports to 118 countries amounted to $622.5 million in the first four months of the year, with Russia taking the lead among markets with $184.2 million in that  period.

According to the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) data, in January-April 2019, $622.5 million was generated from Turkey’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports of 1.1 million tons to 118 countries. In this period, the Russian Federation ranked first with $184.2 million, followed by Iraq with $61.9 million and Romania with $60 million.

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Russia Top Market for Turkey’s Fresh Fruit, Vegetable Exports

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Turkey exported approximately $365.66 million worth of fresh fruits and vegetables in the first two months of this year. It was the Russian Federation that was importing the most Turkish produce, at around $104.53 million.

According to data from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), Turkey exported 697,577 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables to 100 countries in January and February. Russia ranked first in the amount of produce imported from Turkey, followed by Iraq with $34.084 million and Romania with some $33.11 million.

On the other hand, the Eastern Black Sea Region exported 52,247 tons of fresh fruits and vegetables to 31 countries in the same period, making $29.14 million in revenue. Russia ranked first among the countries that imported fresh fruits and vegetables from the region with $22.6 million, followed by Georgia with over $2 million and Iraq with $988,045.

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24% Increase in Value of Turkish Fruit and Veg Exports to Russia

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According to the Association of Exporters of the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey (DKİB), the Republic has exported 673,222 mt of fruits and vegetables to Russia in the first 10 months of the year, which is 18 percent more than in 2017.

In monetary terms, exports have grown by 24 percent, reaching $ 465.677 million.

Most of Turkey’s fruit and vegetable exports to Russia (141,366 mt) came from the Eastern Black Sea region. In monetary terms, those exports were worth $ 100.208 million.

According to Turkish exporters, shipments in 2019 are expected to increase by at least 30%.

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