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Turkey: Who is responsible for the sugar crisis?

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Turkiye
Published Jun 14, 2022

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Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı explained that the reason for the shortage in sugar was that the manufacturing sector, which panicked due to the Russia-Ukraine war, withdrew the sugar that it would pull from the market in pieces in a year, and said that they gave import permits to meet the needs of companies manufacturing from sugar. CHP's Ahmet Vehbi Bakırlıoğlu, on the other hand, said, "The manufacturing sector, which uses 80 percent of the sugar produced in the country, panicked, and those who needed to relieve the market just watched.

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If the 600,000 tons of sugar stock in the market is not in sugar factories, who has it? she asked. The sugar crisis and the decision to import 400 thousand tons of sugar were also the subject of discussion during the meetings of the Turkish Grand National Assembly KİT Commission, the TCA reports on the accounts of Turkey Sugar Factories A.Ş. for the years 2019 and 2020. A "more accountable" establishment commitment from the General Manager of TÜRKŞEKER! Muhittin Şahin, who was recently appointed to the General Directorate of TÜRKŞEKER, addressed the members of the Commission at the end of the talks, saying, “Aware of the burden and responsibility on me, I hope to create a brand new SEE, a reborn SEE, at the next meeting, if possible, with better conditions, with your support. "I want to commit to presenting in a better financial situation, in a better accountable situation," he said. He explained the rationale for the decision to import 400 thousand tons of sugar. Deputy Minister ...
Source: Gidatarim
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