Marketing and export - Import export

Turkey is the 10th most important carrot producer country in the world with a share of 1.44% in the world carrot production and is an important export product. Although our country has a share of 1.44% in world production, it receives a share of approximately 0.88% from world exports. When the data of long years of carrot production in our country are examined; While there was an increase of 29% in carrot planted areas, there was an increase of 230% in production. This much increase in production according to the increase in area is due to the positive developments in yield. Improvements in agricultural infrastructure and seeds have significantly increased yields. In the last 20 years, the yield obtained from the unit area has increased by 80% and reached an average of 5.5 tons. Turkey’s carrot yield is above the world average and is very close to EU countries. Produced carrots are intended for the domestic market and export. EU countries meet most of their carrot needs from Turkey.

Turkey exports almost % 40 of quince production to 45 countries. Russia and Germany are the first two countries in the export market of Turkey. It is one of the most favorite winter fruits. Our city Denizli is one of the main production areas about the production of Turkish quince. Quince grows in large areas and due to the climate, it has good production efficiency in Denizli. Many fruits exporters and brokers make huge amounts of sales. We also export Turkish quince in big quantities. Total production in the world is around 600 K tons. Turkey and after China, Uzbekistan produces 150 K tons. After these countries, Morocco and Iran come as the big producers. Some of the most popular categories are quince-lemon, Eşme, Golden.