TUNÇ: WE HAVE 69 BILLION DOLLARS OF EXPORT SURPLUS IN THE LAST 16 YEARS
Indicating that Turkey ranks 7th globally in terms of agricultural revenue and first among countries located in Europe, Agriculture and Forestry Deputy Minister Mehmet Hadi Tunç said, "In the last 16 years our country in foreign agricultural and food products gave a total of 69 billion dollars export surplus." 134 billion TL support to farmers in 17 years... Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Mehmet Hadi Tunç, who came to his hometown of Elazığ to participate in various visits and programs, made some statements. Deputy Minister Tunç stated that they have given support to farmers about 134 billion TL in the last 17 years and added, “Our agricultural output which was 36.9 billion TL in 2002, reached 217 billion TL and total exports of agricultural products increased by 378 percent to 17.7 billion dollars." Export surplus of 69 billion dollars in 16 years... Tunç said, "In the last 16 years, Turkey's total export surplus was 69 billion dollars ...