Dried apricots: first official yield estimates published

June 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM , Der AUDITOR
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MALATYA. Following the studies to determine yields in Malatya's apricot orchards, the first official estimates for dried apricot production in 2024/25 have now been published. Trade is at a standstill in Turkey due to the Feast of Sacrifice.

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The President of the Malatya Commodity Exchange, Ramazan Özcan, Governor Ersin Yazıcı and the Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Osman Akar, jointly announced the first estimates of dried apricot production in 2024. According to these estimates, 107,517 mt of dried apricots will be produced in Malatya this year, which will also carry the European Union Geographical Indication Certificate. In recent weeks, extensive studies have been carried out in the plantations to determine yields.

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