Abdurrahman Tutdere's response to reduction of import tax on almond in Turkey

Published 2022년 10월 28일

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Turkish CHP Adıyaman Deputy Abdurrahman Tutdere criticized the government's decision to reduce import taxes on almonds to 2 percent at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, arguing that it would harm local producers. Despite rising agricultural input costs, the government has lowered import taxes on almonds from the US and Europe, and ordered the Agricultural Credit Cooperative to reduce almond purchase prices by 10 percent, causing distress for local producers. Tutdere urged the government to support local producers instead of encouraging imports.
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CHP Adıyaman Deputy Abdurrahman Tutdere at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; He criticized the reduction of the import tax on almonds to 2 percent, saying, "Abandon your understanding of importers and your wrong practices that encourage imports; respect the efforts of the local almond producer, get your hands off their bread." Abdurrahman Tutdere, Member of the Presidency Council of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and CHP Adıyaman Deputy, took the floor at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey the previous day and criticized the reduction of the import tax on almonds to 2 percent and underlined that the domestic producer would suffer. Tutdere said: "Adıyaman, my constituency, ranks 1st in almond production in terms of the number of trees and growing area in Turkey. While the almond producer is waiting for support from the government due to the increase in agricultural input costs, the government has increased the 36 ...
Source: Sondakika

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