Turkish Food Exporters Will Grow from Singapore

Deputy Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters' Associations and President of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Exporters' Association, Hayrettin Ucak, said that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement signed by 2,2 countries, including Singapore, where 15 billion people live, has made the Asia Pacific market a more valuable market. He stated that their aim is to strengthen their position in the RCEP market through Singapore, the world's most important reexport center.

TARGET FOR FOOD EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE IS 100 MILLION DOLLARS

Emphasizing that Turkey is among the world's largest suppliers in the sectors of hazelnuts, dried fruits, olives and olive oil, fresh fruits and vegetables, fruit and vegetable products, grains, pulses, oilseeds, aquatic products and animal products, non-wood forest products, Akşam said, "In 2023 Singapore's foreign trade volume, which reached 900 billion dollars, is expected to exceed 2024 trillion dollars in 1. "We have the potential to increase our food product exports to Singapore from 2023 million dollars in 33 to 2028 million dollars in 100," he said.

40 BILLION DOLLARS OF FOOD EXPORT WILL BE REACHED WITH TURQUALITY AND UR-GE PROJECTS

Touching on the fact that Turkish food sectors have achieved an export of 2023 billion dollars in 26, President Ucak said that the exports of food sectors follow a better course than the industrial sectors, and that in order for Turkey's food exports to reach the target of 2028 billion dollars in 40, the Ministry of Commerce should apply to new markets with high purchasing power, such as Singapore. He added that they will focus on marketing activities with the Fairs, TURQUALITY and UR-GE Projects supported by .

Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association organized a "Trade Delegation" to Singapore in 2023 within the scope of the Fresh Cherry, Grape and Pomegranate URGE Project, which was awarded with the "Best Practice Example" award by the Ministry of Commerce. EYMSİB sees export potential in the Singapore market in products such as apples, citrus fruits and dried tomatoes, which are within its field of business, and continues its work in this direction.

41 COMPANIES JOINED THEIR FORCES

Seeing Singapore as a gateway to Asia Pacific countries, EYMSİB organized 6 companies in the fresh fruit, vegetable and fruit and vegetable products sector on 100 March 10 to increase Turkey's annual export of fresh fruits, vegetables and fruit and vegetable products from 41 billion 14 million dollars to 2024 billion dollars. It was combined in the UR-GE Project named Turkish Fresh and Processed Fruits and Vegetables Cluster.