3.5 times more expensive from farm to table

Şemsi Bayraktar, president of the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), stated that the biggest price difference between the producer and the market in January was observed in apples with 248.4 percent, and that 36 out of 42 products on the market had a price increase and 6 a price decrease.

They were followed by red lentils with 223.6 percent, leeks with 218.7 percent, lettuce with 208.9 percent, lemon with 196.7 percent and raisins with 190 percent. .

Apples were sold 3.5 times, red lentils and leeks 3.2 times, lettuce 3.1 times, lemons 3 times, raisins and spinach 2.9 times, oranges 2.8 times more.

36 OF 42 PRODUCTS ARE TIMED

Bayraktar said that an apple whose weight is 5 liras costs the producer 17 liras 42 cents in the market, red lentils that are 13 liras 84 kurus for 44 liras 79 kurus, leeks with 4 liras 50 kurus for 14 liras 34 kurus, lettuce with 5 liras 14 kurus for 15 liras 88 kurus and 6 liras He said that the lemon that is 17 liras is sold for 80 cents, and the raisins that are 25 liras are sold for 72 liras and 51 cents.

Bayraktar stated that 36 of the 42 products on the market saw a price increase and 6 a price decrease, providing the following information:

THE GREATEST PRICE INCREASE IS IN AUGREO

“The product with the highest price increase in the market was eggplant with 79.8 percent. The increase in the price of eggplant was followed by green beans with 46.6 percent, zucchini with 44 percent, cucumber with 42.1 percent and tomatoes with 29.1 percent. The product whose price decreased the most in the market was cabbage with 43.4 percent. Leeks with 11.7 percent, parsley with 2.4 percent and sunflower oil with 1.4 percent followed the fall in the price of cabbage.

Noting that the product with the greatest drop in producer prices in January was leek with 17 percent, Bayraktar reported that it was followed by cauliflower with 14.8 percent, lemon with 14.3 percent, mandarin with 8 .7 percent and white cabbage with 0.3 percent.

Bayraktar specified that the largest price increase in the producer was experienced by zucchini with 96.4%, the zucchini price increase with 53.6 percent for cucumber, 47.2 percent for tomato and eggplant, 34.3 percent for green onion, 33.3 percent for carrot and 33.3 percent for zucchini, indicated that it is followed by lettuce with 32.1.

Bayraktar, who underlined that there was a price increase in 21 out of 34 products in the last month, stated that there was a price decrease in 5 products and the price did not change in 8 products.

REASONS FOR PRICE CHANGES

Bayraktar pointed out that the price decreases for leeks, cauliflower, lemons, tangerines and cabbage are due to the increase in the supply of these products, while the increases in the prices of zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, aubergines , chives, carrots and lettuce are due to the increase in demand for these products.

Pointing out that the same product is sold at very different prices in different markets, Bayraktar warned consumers not to buy in markets where products are sold at exorbitant prices. Bayraktar said: “Our consumers can buy fruits and vegetables in neighborhood markets at more affordable prices.” he used the phrase. (AA)