1. KHUJAND - 2011

2. Turkey is the most important dried fruit exporter in the world and has approximately a 15% share of total world dried fruit export. 200820092010 TONS1000$TONS1000$TONS1000$ Sultanas&Raisins 198.854348.688264.242404.013212.168416.257 Seed Bearing Raisins 3798132.4283.3844141.157 Dried Apricots 98.178313.496101.244278.88092.687350.597 Dried Figs 33.123162.90838.806150.88144.617157.882 Prunes 5891.406617927559776 Dried Apple 2.0304.6182.0183.3603.0024.792 Other Dried Fruits 1.2254.6071.6955.2311.5855.632 TOTAL 334.378836.536411.050846.676355.032937.093

3. RAISINS (Sultanas) Turkey has 1.200 different types of grapes and has been one of the five major producers in the world.

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

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

6. The annual raisin production of Turkey is 260 thousand tons on an average SEASONSTONS 2005/2006220.000 2006/2007274.000 2007/2008244.000 2008/2009310.000 2009/2010280.000 2010/2011263.000 2011/2012 (est.)270.000 Source: Turkish Stats Institution - 2010 Production Image: http://www.medya45.com

7. Top 10 Countries for Turkish Sultanas Export Export COUNTRIES1000 US$ UK112.972 Germany72.375 The Netherlands54.760 Italy33.866 France29.898 Belgium19.972 Australia17.078 Canada9.205 New Zeland8.822 Ireland 8.668 OTHERS48.640 TOTAL 416.257

8. 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 2010..

9. 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: http://www.malatyaguncel.com

10. The annual dried apricot production of Turkey is approximately 100 thousand tons on an average SEASONSTONS 2004/200580.500 2005/2006139.000 2006/200790.000 2007/200879.000 2008/2009103.000 2009/2010101.000 2010/201193.000 Source: Turkish Stats Institution - 2010 Production Image: http://www.oocities.org

11. COUNTRIES1000 US$ U.S.A.57.466 Russian Fed.43.192 Germany35.180 France29.558 U.K.28.311 Australia19.876 Brazil12.041 The Netherlands10.376 Poland7.982 Spain 7.649 OTHERS 98.967 TOTAL 350.597 Top 10 Countries for Dried Apricots Export Export Image: http://www.oocities.org Source: Turkish Stats Institution - 2010

12. DRIED FIGS The annual Fig production of Turkey may vary between 45-60 thousand tons depending on the climate conditions. Turkey ranks first in the world for both fresh and dried figs production.

13. Turkey has a 25% share of the world fresh fig production and realizes over half of the world’s dried fig production. Production SEASONSTONS 2004/200555.631 2005/200656.327 2006/200760.393 2007/200848.012 2008/200945.186 2009/201056.590 Source: Turkish Stats Institution - 2010 Drying varieties are cultivated in Agean Region.

14. 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.

15. COUNTRIES1000 US$ France28.926 Germany27.911 Italy14.342 Switzerland8.139 Russian Fed.7.690 U.S.A.5.267 The Netherlands5.081 Israel4.658 Spain4.291 Australia3.311 OTHERS 48.266 TOTAL 157.882 Top 10 Countries for Dried Figs Export Export

16. 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. atasn@ekonomi.gov.tr