Ministry of Agriculture: "We will not restrict sugar beet production due to drought"

Head of the Sugar Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Mümtaz Sinan, stated that there would be no production restrictions on sugar beet due to drought, saying, "In the coming years, there is no policy on our agenda to impose restrictions on sugar beet or to reduce its production. There is no question of reducing sugar beet production due to climate restrictions." Sinan noted in a program he attended that no sugar was imported and that the entire domestic need was met with sugar beet production. Expressing that Turkey ranks fourth in Europe with an annual sugar beet production of 22.5 million tons, Sinan explained that 3 million tons of sugar were produced annually, 2 million 700 thousand tons of which were used in the domestic market, with the remaining portion being evaluated for export. Emphasizing that a slight reduction in production was expected this year due to climatic conditions, Sinan said, "We have 560 thousand tons of sugar from last year. With this ...