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[Reporter Jae-nam Kang, Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper] As exports of Jeju field tangerines for 2024 have begun, exports are expected to decrease compared to previous years due to the government's suspension of logistics cost support and decreased production. According to the Jeju Citrus Association and the Korea Citrus Export Association, exports of field tangerines have decreased significantly from 6,170 tons in 2021 to 3,012 tons in 2022 and 3,659 tons in 2023. By country, Russia accounts for the majority with 2,055 tons for the 2023 crop, followed by exports to 13 countries, including Canada with 480 tons, the United States with 298 tons, Malaysia with 249 tons, and Singapore with 152 tons.

Turkey has shown a successful performance in dried apricot exports in the first quarter of the 2024/25 season. In the first quarter of the 2024/25 season, which started on August 1, 2024, Turkey's dried apricot exports reached 25,461 tons, while the amount of foreign exchange obtained from dried apricot exports increased by 12 percent, from 112.8 million dollars to 125.5 million dollars.

Malatya Commodity Exchange President Ramazan Özcan stated that apricot production is of great importance for both the regional and national economy and explained that they aim to achieve a target of 50 thousand tons in apricot exports by the end of 2024, but the real target is to reach 100 thousand tons of dried apricot exports by the end of July 2025.