Editing Apricot (section)

=== Production ===
{{See also|List of countries by apricot production}}In 2022, world production of apricots was 3.86 million [[tonne]]s, led by Turkey with 21% of the total (table). Other major producers (in descending order) were [[Uzbekistan]], [[Iran]], [[Italy]], and [[Algeria]].<ref name="faostat">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT)|title=Production Quantities of Apricots by Country in 2022; Crops/World Regions/Production Quantity/Year from picklists|date=2024|access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref> [[Malatya]] is the center of Turkey's apricot industry.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Denker |first1=Joel |title='Moon Of The Faith:' A History Of The Apricot And Its Many Pleasures |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/14/481932829/moon-of-the-faith-a-history-of-the-apricot-and-its-many-pleasures |website=npr.org |date=14 June 2016 |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808231633/https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/06/14/481932829/moon-of-the-faith-a-history-of-the-apricot-and-its-many-pleasures |url-status=live }}</ref>