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Turkey is the world's fourth largest tomato exporter, accounting for 6.9% of global output. and also big tomato paste exporters.
Turkish Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement, in order to protect the interests of local producers, Iraq has been banned the import of Turkish tomatoes. If not calculate Russia's exports share, The tomato export quantity of Turkey increased from $ 106.5 million in 2015 to $ 239.9 million in 2016, due to the transfer of producers to other markets such as Iraq, Belarus, Georgia and Saudi Arabia, Iraq is one of the most important markets. However, if we take the share of Russia into account, Turkish tomato exports are declining, from $ 365 million in 2015 to $ 239.9 billion in 2016. In 2015, Turkey exported $ 259 million of tomatoes to Russia, compared with $ 87,000 following year.
