22.10.2026 13:00
In Adana, the per-kilogram price on the branch of mandarins whose harvest is ongoing dropped from 8-10 lira to as low as 3 lira after ship traffic in the Black Sea was closed and exports were disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture President Mehmet Akın Doğan, noting that there is a danger of the products remaining on the trees, requested DFIF support. Producer İbrahim Kaya said, 'We accept whatever price they give.'
In Adana, mandarins whose harvest is ongoing have fallen to as low as 3 lira on the tree because they cannot be exported due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Harvest continues in Adana, which meets a significant portion of Turkey's mandarin need. This year, a yield of 1 million 165 thousand tons is targeted from 401 thousand planted mandarin trees.
For early mandarins of the Okitsu, Mihowase, Early, Marisol and Primasol varieties, agricultural workers enter the orchards in the early morning hours, collect the produce with great effort and send it to all parts of the country.
When the first harvest began, mandarins found buyers at 8-10 lira per kilogram on the tree, but as they could not be exported because ship traffic was closed due to the war in Russia and Ukraine, they fell to as low as 3 lira on the tree. Mandarins, which find buyers according to size, are sold at a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6-7 lira.
PRICE DROPPED FROM 8-10 LIRA TO 3 LIRA
Speaking to the İHA reporter on the subject, Mehmet Akın Doğan, President of the Yüreğir Chamber of Agriculture, said, 'The cutting of mandarins began on September 29, and their export began on October 6. There is no fast cutting compared with previous years. This year, because mandarins do not fetch a good price, cutting is very slow. Our yield is good, but because ship traffic in the Black Sea is closed, we are having difficulties marketing the products we produce abroad. Products go to Russia and Ukraine by road in trucks, but the cost is very high.'
PRODUCTS ARE IN DANGER OF REMAINING ON THE TREE
Doğan, who explained that mandarins find buyers at between 3 and 7 lira depending on variety and size, said, 'We cannot sell the product at the price we want. Freight prices are breaking our backs. Unless ship traffic opens, the mill will not turn with trucks, in other words, with water carried in containers. We planted these products because we had a foreign market. Right now, the products are in danger of remaining on the tree.'
President Doğan called on the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Trade to provide especially the Support and Price Stability Fund (DFİF) this year.
PRODUCER: WE ACCEPT WHATEVER PRICE THEY OFFER
Mandarin producer İbrahim Kaya, on the other hand, mentioned that the yield is good but prices are not encouraging, and said, 'Since the product does not fetch a good price, we currently have no say with the trader. We accept whatever price they offer so that they clear our goods from the tree. When the product remains on the tree, the crop drops. At least, we say, let our goods be cleared from the tree.'