Turkey to export 40 million branches of flowers to Europe on Valentine’s Day
Posted by meb at February 12th, 2007
Turkey will export 40 million branches of flowers to European countries on this year as European lovers and women preferred “Turkish flowers” thanks to the improvement in the quality and variety of the products.
Antalya Cut Flowers Exporters’ Union (AKCIB) Chairman Osman Bağdatlıoğlu said that despite the drop in foreign exchange rates and increase in input costs, export of cut flowers rose 40 percent throughout November and December 2006 and January 2007 in comparison with the previous term.
“We aim to achieve a 30 percent rise on Valentine’s Day this year compared to 2006. As we increased the quality and variety of the products, we expanded to world markets and started to export goods to more countries,” said Bağdatlıoğlu.
Bağdatlıoğlu stressed that in a period during which agricultural exports declined, the increase in the flower exports gave hope to Turkish exporters.
40 million flowers for Valentine’s Day
Bağdatlıoğlu said that florists worked intensely to meet the European demand for Valentine’s Day (February 14th) and International Women’s Day (March 8th).
Bağdatlıoğlu noted that the Netherlands and Britain were important countries for Turkey on Valentine’s Day, moreover, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian and British markets were of importance on Women’s Day.
“Turkey aims to export 40 million flowers for February 14th, as well as 50 million branches for March 8th,” Bağdatlıoğlu stated.
source: The New Anatolian
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