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Turkey is the most important dried fruit exporter in the world and has approximately a 15% share of total world dried fruit export TONS1000$TONS1000$TONS1000$ Sultanas&Raisins Seed Bearing Raisins Dried Apricots Dried Figs Prunes Dried Apple Other Dried Fruits TOTAL

RAISINS (Sultanas) Turkey has different types of grapes and has been one of the five major producers in the world.

Seedless “Yuvarlak and Sultani” are the main varieties used for raisins which are grown especially in the Aegean Region of Turkey.

The original name of the famous seedless Turkish raisins “Sultana” comes from the fact that they were served to Ottoman Sultans.

The annual raisin production of Turkey is 260 thousand tons on an average SEASONSTONS 2005/ / / / / / /2012 (est.) Source: Turkish Stats Institution Production Image:

Top 10 Countries for Turkish Sultanas Export Export COUNTRIES1000 US$ UK Germany The Netherlands Italy France Belgium Australia Canada9.205 New Zeland8.822 Ireland OTHERS TOTAL

DRIED APRICOTS Turkey is the major producer for both fresh and dried apricots with approximately 500 thousand tons of fresh and more than 100 thousand tons of dried apricot production in

More than 20% of the fresh apricot production and 80% of dried apricot production is met by Turkey In Turkey, Central Eastern Anatolia is the most fertile region for apricot cultivation. City of Malatya itself has a 25% share in total production and at least a 90-95% share of dried apricot export. Image:

The annual dried apricot production of Turkey is approximately 100 thousand tons on an average SEASONSTONS 2004/ / / / / / / Source: Turkish Stats Institution Production Image:

COUNTRIES1000 US$ U.S.A Russian Fed Germany France U.K Australia Brazil The Netherlands Poland7.982 Spain OTHERS TOTAL Top 10 Countries for Dried Apricots Export Export Image: Source: Turkish Stats Institution

DRIED FIGS The annual Fig production of Turkey may vary between thousand tons depending on the climate conditions. Turkey ranks first in the world for both fresh and dried figs production.

Turkey has a 25% share of the world fresh fig production and realizes over half of the world’s dried fig production. Production SEASONSTONS 2004/ / / / / / Source: Turkish Stats Institution Drying varieties are cultivated in Agean Region.

The most important variety is “Sarılop” which is cultivated in Aydın, around Big Menderes and Small Menderes river basins where are the fertile fields. Sarılop has been officially registered by Turkish Patent Institution.

COUNTRIES1000 US$ France Germany Italy Switzerland8.139 Russian Fed U.S.A The Netherlands5.081 Israel4.658 Spain4.291 Australia3.311 OTHERS TOTAL Top 10 Countries for Dried Figs Export Export

Izmir, located on the Aegean Region, is the main export area for Turkish dried fruits, İn which largest dried fruit companies in Turkey have been established.