The increase in the dollar also hit the herb transfers of Turkey

Turkiye

Published Dec 14, 2021

Tridge summary

Especially in the winter months, the prices are changing day by day in the herbalists who want to buy the products used to protect from diseases. Products such as ginger, turmeric, cloves, and cinnamon, which cannot be grown in Turkey and are imported from countries such as India, Vietnam, and Madagascar, are faced with a price increase because they are purchased in dollars. After the rise in the dollar, the domestic producer's turn to exports causes increases of up to 80 percent in herbalists. Koray Özkılıç, who works as a herbalist in Eskişehir, stated that 60 percent of spices and herbal products in Turkey are imported. Noting that medicinal products that are especially good for diseases are brought from abroad, Özkılıç said, “Unfortunately, 60 percent of the products sold by spice sellers and herbalists in Turkey are imported. In terms of endemic plants, although many herbs that are not in Europe grow in our country and Turkey is a paradise in this regard, it is not enough.

Original content

Especially in the winter months, the prices are changing day by day in the herbalists who want to buy the products used to protect from diseases. Products such as ginger, turmeric, cloves and cinnamon, which cannot be grown in Turkey and are imported from countries such as India, Vietnam, and Madagascar, are faced with a price increase because they are purchased in dollars. After the rise in the dollar, the domestic producer's turn to exports causes increases of up to 80 percent in herbalists. Koray Özkılıç, who works as a herbalist in Eskişehir, stated that 60 percent of spices and herbal products in Turkey are imported. Noting that medicinal products that are especially good for diseases are brought from abroad, Özkılıç said, “Unfortunately, 60 percent of the products sold by spice sellers and herbalists in Turkey are imported. In terms of endemic plants, although many herbs that are not in Europe grow in our country and Turkey is a paradise in this regard, it is not enough. ...

Source: Tgrthaber