Turkey: Ministry of Agriculture banned milk and cream; Solakoğlu, President of Tüsedad, says "This prohibition will have no results"

Published 2022년 4월 21일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Turkey has imposed a ban on the 'strict export' of milk and cream. This ban was included in a communiqué that also regulates the export of meat, eggs, certain vegetables and fruits, cereal products, edible oils, margarine, and feed. The President of the All Dairy, Meat and Cattle Breeders' Association, Sencer Solakoğlu, expressed concerns that this ban could increase costs for companies and negatively impact milk powder production. He suggested that subsidizing the cost of domestic production could be a more effective solution to reducing prices.

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DILAN BUTLU The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry banned the "strict export" of milk and cream. Sencer Solakoğlu, President of All Dairy, Meat and Cattle Breeders' Association (TÜSEDAD), said, "Unfortunately, the cream and butter export ban, which we think is intended to reduce butter prices, will not yield results as expected. First of all, he converts the milk he bought from the producer into milk powder and then puts the cream that comes out with it into butter. It will increase the costs of the companies that convert and export," he said. After the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry banned the export of butter, another decision was made that closely concerns the dairy industry. With the "Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on the Export of Certain Agricultural Products" published in today's issue of the Official Gazette, periodic regulation was made to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the export of meat, eggs, some vegetables and fruits, cereal products, edible ...

Source: Sondakika