AK Party Malatya Deputy Ahmet Çakır announced that 90 thousand tons of dried apricots were exported from Malatya to 100 countries, resulting in a foreign currency inflow of 266 million dollars.
MALATYA (İGFA) – AK Party Malatya Deputy Ahmet Çakır visited Malatya Commodity Exchange. Deputy Çakır stated that the establishment of the Licensed Dried Apricot Warehouse and the purchase of apricots by the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) are important for Malatya’s economy and apricot.
Speaking during the visit, Malatya Commodity Exchange (MTB) President Ramazan Özcan Stating that 2020 was very productive in terms of apricot, Malatya, producers, the country and the economy of Malatya, he stated that despite the pandemic, dried apricot exports continue in a healthy manner. He pointed out that, “In 2019, the ton went up to 2,400 dollars, but it increased to 3,500 dollars. We have exported 90 thousand tons to 100 countries, and in return we have earned 266 million dollars of revenue. It shows the return for the services related to the apricot. Making a licensed Dried Apricot Warehouse, purchasing apricots from Turkish Grain Board (TMO). TMO’s apricot purchase brought serious confidence, balance and price stability to the product. In the period when the product was plentiful, there was a price that made a base with direct speculative movements. It was seriously affecting the future of our producer and apricot. Soil Products Office, about 48 tons of the product in the warehouse here now with the way the various packaging methods, in Turkey’s 150 points, which is in stores now belong to him began selling dried apricots. With TMO’s sale of dried apricots to the domestic market, it will make serious contributions to the increase in domestic consumption and to gain new markets. He said that this move will bring a new direction to domestic consumption of dried apricots, especially the sales in the free market, which we have been able to maintain until today.
