If you are looking for an acur cucumber supplier, you most likely need a source that can load it every week. Hatipoğlu Tarım is an Antalya-based exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables, established in 2002, and acur is one of the lines it prepares for export throughout the year. This guide is written for importers, wholesalers and retail buyers. It explains what acur is, when it is available, how it is selected and packed, which documents come with it and what we need from you to prepare a quotation.
What acur is: the Turkish striped cucumber
Acur is a product native to Anatolia and little known outside Turkey, so it is worth describing plainly. Acur, the Turkish striped cucumber, has a light-coloured skin marked with stripes, a crisp texture and a fresh aroma. It is used the way a cucumber is used: eaten raw, and pickled. Abroad it is searched for by its own name, acur. Turkish acur sits naturally next to a standard cucumber programme. If you also buy the standard type, our guide for buyers who need a cucumber supplier from Turkey covers that product.
Season: when you can import acur from Turkey
Acur is grown under cover, which is why it can be supplied in every month of the year. How protected cultivation keeps loading going through the winter in Antalya is explained in a separate article. One point matters for planning: in winter quantities are more limited. A buyer who tells us the weekly requirement in advance has the programme planned around that figure. The wider picture for all products is in our season calendar for Turkish fresh produce.
Harvested young, shipped without waiting
This is the detail that decides acur quality. Acur is harvested in its young stage, while the skin is still thin and the flesh is firm. Small fruit is selected on purpose. Because freshness matters most in this product, the selected fruit is not held back; it is prepared for dispatch without waiting. For a buyer this means fixing the delivery week and weekly volume early.
Quality criteria for export acur
Acur is selected for export against these criteria:
- Size: small, young fruit, with the pieces in one carton close to one another in length.
- Skin integrity: thin, intact skin without cuts, bruises or pressure marks.
- Appearance: the light colour and clear stripes typical of the product.
- Freshness: crisp and firm. Soft fruit has already lost water.
If your market expects a particular size range, state it in the order so that the selection is made against it.
Cooling and transport
Acur goes into the cold chain like every other line: it is cooled after harvest, kept in cold storage and loaded on a refrigerated truck. Transport conditions are agreed together at the order stage, taking your transit time and the other products on the truck into account. The general principles are set out in our article on the cold chain in fresh produce export.
Packaging for acur wholesale and retail
Acur is packed in cartons of 30 × 40 × 12.5 cm. The same carton is used for acur wholesale and for retail channels. How the cartons are arranged follows the demand of your market and the loading plan. Cartons travel on 80 × 120 cm euro pallets; other case sizes used across our range are described in the guide to packaging and case sizes in export.
Please confirm the tariff classification for acur with your customs broker before shipment.
Documents and residue control
Hatipoğlu Tarım holds ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 10002, GLOBALG.A.P. IFA and GRASP certification. Every lot bound for Europe goes through residue analysis. How the limits work is explained in our article on EU pesticide MRLs, and the papers buyers usually ask for are listed in which certificates European buyers require.
Import process: from harvest to loading
Acur moves in six steps: harvest, cooling, grading, packing, cold storage and dispatch. All six are carried out in house. Shipments are planned by the truck: a standard 13.60 m refrigerated truck takes 33 euro pallets. Acur does not have to be your only line: tell us the other lines on your list, such as mini cucumbers, and which of them can share a truck is settled when the loading plan is drawn up.
How to get a quote
As your acur cucumber supplier we need six details to quote: the product and type, size, packaging, weekly volume, delivery week and destination country. With these we prepare a loading plan and a quotation. You can reach us by phone on +90 242 339 55 25, on WhatsApp on +90 534 260 07 25 or at info@hatipoglutarim.com.
Hatipoğlu Tarım has exported fresh fruit and vegetables from Antalya since 2002. Under the FİNİKE brand it ships 128 product lines to 42 countries, with harvest, grading, cold storage and dispatch handled in house across five facilities in Serik, Kepez, Mavikent, Yenişehir and Alaşehir.
Tell us the size, weekly volume and destination for your acur programme, and we will prepare a loading plan and a quotation.
