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”.