Kacmaz says that the production and export of citrus is an important sector for the country; between January-April 2016, out of the citrus produced in Turkey 527,507 tons were exported bringing in 272.89 million dollars of revenue.
Turkey’s National Citrus Council’s (UTK) Financial General Assembly recently took place in Mersin. In 2015, Russia was Turkey’s biggest market for citrus exports, worth 90.52 million dollars, so far in 2016 Iraq has taken their place with exports to the country worth 84.54 million dollars. The president of the council, Kemal Kacmaz said that out of the target for 10 billion dollars of fruit and vegetable exports by 2023, citrus should occupy a 3.5 billion dollar share.
