The amount Turkey will pay for imported vegetable oil will approach 10 billion dollars

Published 2024년 1월 6일

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Former CHP Edirne Deputy Okan Gaytancıoğlu criticizes Turkey for importing vegetable oil instead of supporting domestic production, stating that the country spent 6 billion dollars on imports last year and could approach 10 billion next year. Gaytancıoğlu points out that Turkish farmers are not receiving support and are therefore giving money to farmers in other countries, leading to a decrease in domestic oilseed planting and an overreliance on imports. He calls for incentives to be made to support domestic production and prevent the country from spending billions on imports.

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Former CHP Edirne Deputy Okan Gaytancıoğlu stated that the money Turkey will pay for imported vegetable oil next year will approach 10 billion dollars and said, "Turkey is an agricultural country, everything grows on its soil. Why is there no support for the production of oilseed plants? It is not possible to understand this. Unfortunately, we are spending billions of dollars." "We give handfuls to the farmers of other countries," he said. Former CHP Edirne Deputy Okan Gaytancıoğlu, in his statement in the canola cultivated field today, stated that Turkey imports oil crops and Turkish farmers are not supported. Noting that if Turkish farmers are not supported, billions of dollars will be given to other countries, Gaytancıoğlu stated that Turkey imported vegetable oil worth 6 billion dollars last year. "WE GIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE FARMERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES" Gaytancıoğlu said: "There is canola in this field. It is planted in winter, but it is very rarely planted anymore. ...

Source: Sondakika