TZOB: The price difference between the producer and the market was 338 percent

Şemsi Bayraktar, president of the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), stated that the largest price difference between the producer and the market in September was observed in lemon with 338.3 percent.

In its written statement, Bayraktar assessed price changes between the producer and the market in September and the reasons for the changes.

Bayraktar stated that the highest price difference between the producer and the market is observed in lemon with 338.3 percent, and said that the price difference in lemon is 232 percent for onion, 216, 1 percent for the apple, 197.3 percent for the red lentils, 192 percent for the parsley and 188 percent for the lemon and pointed out that the carrot was followed by 3.

Pointing out that lemons sell for 4.4 times more, onions for 3.3 times, apples for 3.2 times, red lentils for 3 times, parsley and carrots for 2.9 times more, Bayraktar said : “The lemon, which costs 4 liras 46 kuruş at the producer, is sold for 19 liras 55 kuruş, 4 liras 81 cents.” Dried onion, which costs 15 lira and 97 kuruş, apple, which costs 8 lira and 70 kuruş, costs 27 lira and 50 kuruş, red lentil, which costs 17 lira. and 50 kuruş, costs 52 lira and 02 kuruş, parsley, which costs 4 lira and 21 kuruş, costs 12 lira and 31 kuruş, and carrot, which costs 9 lira, costs 25 lira and 95 kuruş. “It was sold in the market for a penny.”

THE PRICE OF HAZELNUT IS THE PRICE THAT HAS RISED THE MOST

Bayraktar stated that the prices of 29 of the 37 products on the market increased in the month in question, the prices decreased in 7 products and there was no change in the price of one product, and underlined that the product whose price increased the most in the month The market was that of hazelnuts with 45.9 percent.

After noting that the increase in the price of hazelnuts was followed by dried apricots with 26.8 percent, peaches with 25.6 percent, red lentils with 25 percent and eggs with 22.3 percent , Bayraktar stated that the product whose price decreased the most in the market was green lentils with 16.6 percent, stating that this product was followed by eggplant with 11.5 percent, tomato with 4 percent and raisins with 3.9 percent.

Stating that there was a price increase on 21 of the manufacturer’s 29 products in September, a price decrease on 7 products, and no price change on one product, Bayraktar shared the following information:

“There were no changes in producer prices for dried apricots. Lemon prices, which were 8 lira last month, fell by 44.3 percent to 4.46 lira. While our producers, who had marketing difficulties, were not able to receive compensation for their efforts, this decline in producers was not reflected in consumers due to increased market prices. The drop in lemon prices was followed by eggplants with 19.5 percent, potatoes with 12.3 percent and tomatoes with 11.2 percent. The largest increase in producer prices was recorded in dried figs with 109.1 percent. “The price increase of dried figs was followed by raisins with 100 percent, apples with 74 percent, dried beans with 64.3 percent and carrots with 50 percent.”

Bayraktar also referred to the reasons for the change in producer prices and called for increased aid for diesel and fertilizers. (AA)