High domestic demand holds back Turkish stonefruit exports
This season, on account of the warm weather conditions, flowering in Turkish stonefruit orchards occurred early, according to Mustafa Arslan, owner of Turkish exporter MDA Agro.
“We hope to start with Flored peaches after 25 April,” he said. “We also hope to have a good start for early varieties of nectarine in the first week of May.”
Since the region experienced

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