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entered a busy period following the<br />

start of dried fruit exportation season<br />

and increased its exportation operations<br />

by 14 percent in November and<br />

brought into our country an exportation<br />

volume of 106 million 632 thousand<br />

dollars.<br />

The Aegean Aquaculture and Animal<br />

Products Exporters’ Association (ES-<br />

UHMIB) writes a new success story<br />

in exportation every month and it<br />

added a new chain to these success<br />

stories in November.<br />

The aquaculture and animal products<br />

exporters increased the exportation<br />

volume by 21 percent and reached<br />

92 million 906 thousand dollars and<br />

thus brought foreign currency equal<br />

to 926 million dollars into <strong>Turkey</strong> in<br />

the last one year.<br />

URGE (International<br />

Competitiveness<br />

Improvement) Project brought<br />

results in the fresh fruit and<br />

vegetable sector<br />

In 2017, the Aegean Fresh Fruit and<br />

Vegetable Exporters’ Association<br />

launched URGE Project in fresh cherry<br />

and fresh grape sectors for exportation<br />

of value added products and it<br />

continues to increase its exportation<br />

thanks to focusing on Air Cargo after<br />

the URGE Project. In November,<br />

the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable<br />

Exporters marked a 17-percent<br />

increase rate in exportation and exported<br />

products worth 91 million<br />

278 thousand dollars.<br />

The Aegean Tobacco Exporters’ Association<br />

has been significantly improving<br />

its exportation operations in<br />

the last months and its exportation<br />

reached up to 89 million 919 thousand<br />

dollars. In November, the tobacco<br />

sector increased its exportation by<br />

46 percent in comparison to November<br />

2016.<br />

The Aegean Mining Exporters’ Association<br />

members agreed on a new<br />

roadmap for 2023 exportation goals<br />

during the “Mining Workshop” organized<br />

on the dates of 24th and 25th<br />

November 2017 with participation of<br />

Energy and Natural Resources Minister<br />

Berat Albayrak, and this association’s<br />

exportation totaled 71 million<br />

36 thousand dollars in November.<br />

The Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry<br />

Products Exporters’ Association<br />

achieved exportation increase rate of<br />

5 percent and added 51 million 795<br />

thousand dollars to exportation segment<br />

in November.<br />

The Aegean Grain, Legume, Oily<br />

Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association<br />

increased its exportation<br />

by 13 percent and reached up to 27<br />

million 722 thousand dollars.<br />

Ünlütürk; “Our exporters’<br />

gave us a New Year present 1<br />

month earlier”<br />

The Aegean Exporters’ Associations<br />

Coordinator President Sabri Ünlütürk<br />

stated that he is very pleased to share<br />

with the public the November exportation<br />

figures of Aegean Exporters’<br />

Associations and that EIB considers<br />

the success in exportation figures as<br />

the New Year present given by the<br />

Aegean exporters 1 month earlier.<br />

“Thanks to the exportation figures<br />

in November, we are enjoying three<br />

joys at the same time” said Mr. Ünlütürk<br />

and added “Our exportation<br />

growth rate doubled the average rate<br />

in <strong>Turkey</strong>. All of the 12 exporters’ associations<br />

under the umbrella of EIB<br />

increased their exportation figures.<br />

We marked the highest exportation<br />

figure of our history on monthly basis.<br />

We have peace of mind because we<br />

are going to achieve our year-end exportation<br />

target of 11.5 – 12 billion<br />

dollars. I would like to take this op-<br />

74 FOOD TURKEY January <strong>2018</strong>

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