Bulgaria is the third importer of Turkish tomatoes in the world
The leading importer of tomatoes from Turkey in 2022 is Romania, where production was delivered for the amount of 65,228 million dollars. It is followed by Ukraine – 45,320 million dollars, and Bulgaria – 38,113 million dollars.
The volume of the amount of tomatoes from Turkey in 2022 increased by 4% compared to 2021 – to more than 377 million dollars. These data are quoted by the Anatolian Agency with reference to the Association of Values from Southeast Anatolia.
In 2022, Turkey delivered 526,703 tons of tomatoes to 54 countries, including Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Poland and Malaysia, reports BGNES.
The amount of tomatoes in price terms in 2022 was $377,418,000 compared to $362,993,000 in 2021.
The head of the Association of Investors and Producers of Greenhouse Products, Muslyum Yanmaz, told Anadolu Agency that compared to last year, the growth of the amount of tomatoes was good, but the amounts failed to reach the desired value.
According to him, the decline of the Russian market prevented the increase of the amount. “Before this, the amount of tomatoes for Russia was about 200 million dollars a year. Unfortunately, in the last year that figure has dropped to $33 million. At that time, the increase in the amount for the Balkan countries completely compensated for the contraction of the market in Russia,” says Yanmaz.
According to him, domestic Salkyms are in high demand in the European market. “The figure for the amount of tomatoes in 2022 is clearly not what we hoped for. We are gradually losing the Russian market. Agricultural producers from a number of countries, especially Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, have serious ambitions for the Russian market. Along with the energy crisis, our goal is to increase the amount of tomatoes to 500 million dollars,” says the head of the association.
With the recovery of activity in the Russian market, we expect a significant increase in the amount in 2023. You have already taken steps in this direction, add Yanmaz.