Sultanas: Mainly light-coloured dried fruits to be produced

September 2, 2019 at 12:13 PM , Der AUDITOR
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MANISA. Analysts state that the exports of table grapes from Turkey have declined this year. In two Turkish provinces the farmers have...

... already started to dry excess fruits, which may cause the supplies of dried gapes to rise.

Traders in Turkey reckon that the farmgate prices will remain stable at TRY 9 per kg this season. Currently, the bid prices range at TRY 8.50 per kg. The farmers are, however, refusing to sell at this low price. Although the government has set a base price of TRY 10 per kg, market players are not reckoning with an intervention of the TMO in the near future.

Supplies of type 8 sultanas are limited

As market players report, the lack of rain during the drying

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