While Turkey exported tomato seeds to approximately 40 countries in 2020, the export income from these countries only met the tomato seed import from Israel.
The bitter picture does not change in tomato seeds. While it is said that Turkey has come a long way in seed production, the continuation of Israeli hegemony in technology draws attention. While Turkey was exporting tomato seeds to nearly 40 countries in 2020, the fact that almost all of its income from this export goes only to tomato seeds imported from Israel has revealed the situation of Turkey in seed technology. While tomato seed constitutes an important item in vegetable seeds, Israel does not lose the first place in terms of monetary value in the import of this seed. While Turkey imported 624 kg of tomato seeds from Israel in 2020, it paid 9.8 million dollars for this import.
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE SEED IS IMPORTED FROM ISRAEL
It is noteworthy that the world's most expensive seed is imported from Israel in tomato seed import. While the weight of tomato seeds imported from Israel exceeded 15 thousand dollars, China, where the most tomato seeds were imported, was paid an average of 2 thousand dollars per kilo.
Tomato seed foreign trade data of Turkey revealed the importance of seed technology once again, and also revealed Turkey's place in this issue. Due to the fact that Turkey is not at the desired level in seed technology, almost all of its exports only meet the imports from a single country.
7 TIMES EXPENSIVE
While Turkey exported 4,200 kilograms of tomato seeds to approximately 40 countries in 2020, it generated a total revenue of $ 11 million from this export. However, $ 9.8 million was paid for 624 kg of tomato seeds imported from Israel alone. In other words, Turkey exported tomato seeds at an average price of 2.6 thousand dollars, while imported from Israel at an average price of 15.6 thousand dollars.
PAIN DOES NOT CHANGE IN TOMATO SEEDS
Due to the fact that the world's most expensive tomato seed is imported from Israel, it does not lose the first place in Turkey's tomato seed import ranking. In the past, while Peru ranked first in terms of monetary value for a few years, it is noteworthy that Israel again ranked first in recent years.
QUESTION MARK ALSO IMPORTS MADE FROM PERU AND KENYA
On the other hand, the fact that tomato seed imports are similar to the seeds imported from Israel in terms of prices in imports from Peru and Kenya causes the import made in these countries to be questioned in terms of origin.