Istanbul Dried Fruits and Products Exporters' Association was founded in 1951 and has around 150 members. It represents companies which export shelled / unshelled almonds and walnuts, dried apricots, chestnuts, pistachios, dates, raisins, dried figs, edible fruit kernels and so on.
Turkey is a well-known country as producer and exporter of dried fruits. The Antep pistachios are recognized as Turkey's distinct flavour in the world markets. Turkey is the world's number one producer of figs both dried and fresh, and meets half of the world's dried fig demand. She is the world's second largest producer and number one exporter of raisins. Turkey supplies 85 % of the world's dried apricot output.
Field of Activity
- Dried apricots,
- Dried Figs,
- Seedless raisins
- Almonds and processed almonds,
- Walnuts,
- Antep Pistachios and processed pistachios,
- Pecans,
- Pine nuts,
- Macadamias,
- Other nuts and dried fruits,
- Corinthian raisins (dry),
- Core raisins,
- Prunes,
- Dried apples,
- Dried peaches,
- Dried pears,
- Dried papaya,
- Dried tamarind,
- Dry cashew apples,
- Dried mulberries,
- Dry quince,
- Chestnuts,
- Mixtures of dried fruits,
- Fig paste,
- Flours and meals of fruits (bananas, nuts, except figs),
edible fruit kernels ,
- Processed dried fruits and nuts,
- Processed tropical fruits of hard-shelled,
- Chickpeas
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