While avocado production in Turkey has tripled in the last five years, reaching 18 thousand tons , a 17 -fold increase was achieved in exports in the same period.
Avocado production in Turkey, which was 1,950 tons in 2016, increased 3 times and reached 5,917 tons in 2020. Avocado production, which was approximately 4,250 tons in 2019, reached 5,917 tons in 2020 with an increase of 40.5% .
While Turkey's avocado export, which was 464 thousand dollars in 2016, reached the level of 3.53 million dollars with a serious increase in the last five years, Turkey's avocado export reached 1.48 million dollars in 2020 alone.
Exporting avocados to 34 different countries in 2020, Turkey exported the most avocados to Russia with an export of 308.1 thousand dollars . In the export ranking, Ukraine was second with 307.5 thousand dollars and Bulgaria was third with 135.7 thousand dollars .
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While Turkey has been importing 7,35 million dollars worth of avocados in the last five years, this figure has been 2,71 million dollars in 2020 alone.
While Turkey realized an import of 1.79 million dollars from Kenya, the largest supplier of avocado imports, it also imported 325.5 thousand dollars from Israel, which ranks second in the supply order.
In the light of these figures, Turkey's avocado foreign trade in the last five years has been 10.9 million dollars .