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If the price confusion of 54 liras in hazelnuts is not corrected, the producers in Turkey will suffer

Raw Hazelnut
Turkiye
Published Aug 1, 2022

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, at the rally held in Ordu on Saturday, announced the purchase price of the Turkish Grain Board's 2022 product of shelled hazelnuts as 54 liras per kilogram.

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The price was announced, but no one could understand what the price was. No one expected such an explanation, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Turkish Grain Board, and everyone was confused. Those who knew the hazelnut business, the producers began to ask each other; “Which quality hazelnut will be sold for how much?” What is the price of Giresun quality hazelnuts? What is the price of Levant quality hazelnuts? What is the price of pointed hazelnuts? they began to ask each other. Those who do not know hazelnuts commented that “last year hazelnut was 27 liras, this year it was 54 liras”. Before I wrote this article, I listened to President Erdogan's speech on the price of hazelnuts once again. I deciphered his speech. Exactly like this: “I know, I know that when you hear the word hazelnut, you all get excited and you can't sit still. Turkey is the world's largest hazelnut producer. Hazelnut has an important place in our exports. Just last year, we sold more ...
Source: TRdunyasi
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