Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess the changing supply and export of the main types of fresh fruits and vegetables from Turkey to Russia. The task of the research was to analyse the problems that arise during the supply and export period, substantiate these problems and find ways to solve them. Turkey is well endowed with agricultural resources and able to meet external demand after meeting domestic demand especially in terms of fresh fruits and vegetables. Turkey’s main and most important trade partner is Russian Federation, specifically for these products. Accordingly, it is important to evaluate the attachment of the markets considering overall productive capacity and export demand in Russia. The data for main fresh fruits and vegetables being exported from Turkey to Russia was assessed regarding the change in time and potential affecting factors. Main exportable agricultural products selected for evaluation are tomatoes and onions as vegetables and mandarins and grapes as fruits. The yearly adjusted data is withdrawn from the databases of the Food and Agriculture Organisation for production and the United Nations COMTRADE for trade. In the scope of this paper, it was aimed to evaluate changing supplies and exports of main fresh fruits and vegetables to Russia, challenges occurred in time and reasoning behind these challenges, and proposing potential improvement paths. Russia is the main importer of Turkish citrus fruits (mandarins) tomatoes, grapes and onions. It was seen fluctuations in the trade of these products due to marketing conditions including diplomatic situations between the two countries. It should be pointed out that historical contacts and geographical dependency leads to countries to maintain contacts and it was considered as essential to empower both supply and demand sides through cooperation in many areas.
Highlights
Turkey and the Russian Federation have strong historical trade relationships
In the scope of this paper, it was aimed to evaluate changing supplies and exports of main fresh fruits and vegetables to Russia, challenges occurred in time and reasoning behind these challenges, and proposing potential improvement paths
Russia is the main importer of Turkish citrus fruits tomatoes, grapes and onions
Summary
Turkey and the Russian Federation have strong historical trade relationships. The relations are based on exchanging products that lack in one party. While Russia has always been the main supplier of energy and industrial inputs for Turkey, Turkey fills in the gap with its abundant agricultural production capacity for those products that lack in Russia. Russia exports around 60 % of oil and natural gas requirements of Turkey followed with iron, steel and relevant metals. Fresh fruit and vegetables (FFVs) ranks the first with more than 15 % when Turkish exports are considered and FFVs are followed with textiles [7]. In terms of main products exchanged two countries are of great importance to each other [7]
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