Turkey has the most suitable climate conditions for vine growing in the world and
is the origin of the vine genes. The archaeological findings in Anatolia proved that
this culture of vine growing dates back to 3500 BC.
World sultana raisins production differs from year to year due to weather conditions.
The average production is between 665,000 and 800,000 metric tons. Turkey ranked
as the second biggest producer of sultana raisins in 1999 crop season with a tonnage
of 214,000 metric tons that is 28% of the 755,900 metric tons of total world production
The sultana raisins are classified into five types under the type numbers of 7, 8,
9, 10, 11 where 7 has the darkest and 11 has the lightest color. The raisins are
divided into five sizes jumbo, standard, medium, small and small small according
to their largeness being.
