Turkey: CHP's Sarıbal criticizes sugar imports

Published 2024년 11월 19일

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CHP Bursa Deputy Orhan Sarıbal criticized the government for not being able to meet the country's sugar needs and stated that imports are being made. He argued that the solution to the problems experienced is "urgent early elections". Sarıbal stated that 33 sugar factories have been established since the foundation of the Republic, all but 15 of them were sold through privatization. He also explained that input costs such as diesel, labor, fertilizer, and water have increased, leading to a loss for farmers. Sarıbal argued that the government is alienating farmers from production by putting them in debt and claimed that 303 thousand tons of sugar were imported last year.

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(TBMM)- CHP Bursa Deputy Orhan Sarıbal stated that the country's sugar needs could not be met and that imports were made, and said, "This year, the price of diesel increased from 20 TL to 43 TL, in other words, 100 percent. The labor cost is between 500 TL and 1,500 TL. Fertilizer is between 50-60 percent. Water money increased by 200 percent compared to 2023. With the 28 percent increase in sugar beets, the government is practically saying, 'Don't plant sugar beets, import them.'" CHP Bursa Deputy Orhan Sarıbal criticized the government at the press conference he held in the Parliament, arguing that the solution to the problems experienced was "urgent early elections". Sarıbal stated that sugar is imported in Turkey and said, "This country is an importer of agricultural products. The system where food monopolies are rampant, contracted agricultural products are no longer in the fields, and the parties under contract are protected, not the farmer, continues at full speed in this ...

Source: Sondakika