ALPER ALHAT: ENJOY OLIVE OIL TO THE FULLEST IF YOU WANT TO LOOK FIT

Chairman of Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Alper Alhat said that one should taste olive oil to the fullest...

Noting that quality olives bring about quality oil, Alper Alhat said, "Turkey has the lowest olive oil consumption per capita among oil producing countries."

 

Alhat continued as follows: "In our country, 200 thousand tons of olive oil is produced throughout the year averagely while only 2 litres of oil is consumed per person. However, we have 80 million people and normally we should not be able to import olive oil. This is not the case because consumption is not increasing enough. Everyone should consume olive oil, which is rather rich in minerals with antioxidants and has the ability to renew cells. If you want to be healthy and fit, use olive oil for 3 meals."

VAT reduction required...

Pointing out that only 3 million tons of 200 million tons of vegetable oil produced in the world is olive oil, Alhat explained, "However this oil has a disadvantage in terms of prices along with other cheap vegetable oils because of being so valuable and short supply. Yet if value added tax (VAT) is reduced to 1 percent in retail sales, producer and consumer prices can approach each other and unregistered sales decrease."