4.2 times more expensive from farm to table
Şemsi Bayraktar, President of the Turkish Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB), made a statement about how the price difference between the producer and the market changed in May.
Thus, in May, the price difference between the producer and the market was the highest in apples with 316.8 percent.
The increase in the price of apples was followed by parsley with 302.5 percent, lemon with 210.5 percent, dried figs with 199.9 percent, raisins with 183.3 percent and red lentils with 181.3 percent.
That is, apples were sold 4.2 times, parsley 4 times, lemon 3.1 times, dried figs 3 times, raisins and red lentils 2.8 times more in the market.
Bayraktar said: “The apple, which is 5 liras at the producer, is 20 liras for 84 cents, 1 lira is 98 kurus, parsley is 7 liras, 97 liras, 6 liras lemon 18 liras 63 kurus, 55 liras dried figs 164 liras 97 kurus, 25 lira raisins 70 “Red lentils, which were worth 83 lira for 83 lira and 13 lira for 84 kurus, were sold to consumers for 38 lira and 93 kurus,” he said.
23 DE MARKETTI 37 PRODUCTS ARE TIMED
According to Bayraktar, in May, 23 of 37 products on the market experienced price increases and 14 prices decreased.
While the product with the highest price increase was the carrot with 84.8 percent; The increase in the price of carrots was followed by parsley with 30.2 percent, spinach with 26.4 percent, hazelnuts with 19.1 percent, apples with 15.3 percent and lettuce with 14, 7 percent.
The product whose price decreased the most in the market was green pepper with 37.1 percent.
The decrease in black pepper was followed by eggplant with 36.5 percent, onion with 24.3 percent, zucchini with 17.2 percent and granulated sugar with 10.2 percent.
REASONS FOR STOP
Bayraktar reported that the contraction in the supply of lemons and carrots caused prices to rise.
Bayraktar said: “The price increase for strawberries, spinach and lettuce was due to decreased supply of produce due to rainy weather and the inability of our growers to enter their fields for harvest.”
“The increase in the supply of dry onions caused prices to drop. The increase in supply caused a decrease in prices due to the transition to country production of vegetables such as hot pepper, eggplant, tomato, parsley and zucchini. The drop in the price of eggs was due to the change in supply and demand.