The Chairman of the Bandırma Commodity Exchange, Halit Sezgin, has highlighted the necessity for a 'seedling tissue laboratory' in Sahil Yenice village, Bandırma, to continue exporting grafted walnut saplings to the EU. The village is a key producer of these saplings, exporting to 95% of Turkey and 33 other countries. Despite the request for the laboratory being submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, no progress has been made. The Bandırma Commodity Exchange has called for public support to keep the issue prominent.