Food Turkey Ocak Şubat 2018
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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>