Turkish Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar evaluated the change between the producer and the market prices for January. Bayraktar, in his video press release, in January 23 of the 41 products in the market, while the price increase, 18 products said prices have fallen.
The product, which showed the highest increase in market prices, was dry beans with 14.9 percent. This increase was followed by red lentils with 12 percent, pointed pepper with 10.7 percent and dried apricots with 10.7 percent.
The biggest difference between manufacturer and market is in lemon
Bayraktar stressed that the biggest difference between the manufacturer and the market prices was seen in lemon with 597.4 percent. Potatoes with 379.9 percent in lemon, tangerine with 267.2 percent, dried apricots with 215.4 percent, dry beans with 193.6 percent and dry fig with 186.8 percent.
4 pounds in the producer of the lemon in the market 27 pounds 90 cents sold, 3 pounds 80 cents of potatoes 18 pounds 24 cents, 11 pounds 50 cents of tangerine reached 42 pounds 22 cents said.
The highest increase in the producer is in the orange
In January, the highest price increase in the manufacturer was held at an orange with 25.8 percent. Orange was followed by carrots with 22.7 percent, parsley with 15.5 percent and pointed pepper with 13.2 percent. The biggest price decrease was in cauliflower with 46.8 percent. This decrease was followed by lemon with 45.4 percent, eggplant with 29.5 percent and tangerine with 28.1 percent.
Stating that the price decrease in the cauliflower is caused by the excess of product due to the hot weather, Bayraktar Eggplant increased yield increase and the decrease in demand in green vegetables caused prices to decrease.
Bayraktar also in Lemon in the branch of purchase-sale stagnation and tangerine approaching the end of the season also affects the decline in prices, he said.
“The manufacturer makes great efforts to remain competitive”
Bayraktar also mentioned input prices, 10 percent of urea manure in January, ammonium nitrate fertilizer 10 percent, ammonium sulfate fertilizer 6.3 percent and 20.20.0 compound fertilizer increased by 5.6 percent announced.
On an annual basis, urea fertilizer increased by 35.3 percent, ammonium sulfate manure 34.4 percent and DAP fertilizer 32.9 percent. Fattening feed and milk feed increased by more than 24 percent on an annual basis.
In the last year, the electricity price increased by 30.4 percent, the price of agricultural medicine is 30.2 percent and the price of diesel is 13.3 percent. Bayraktar, despite the costs of producers to remain competitive despite the great effort, he said.