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Pakdemirli: We will not victimize seedless raisin producers in 2019/20 season All parties of seedless raisin of which is Turkey the world leader, farmers, traders and exporters came together with Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli at the Aegean Exporters Association in Izmir. Producers want 10 TL for grapes... Speaking at the meeting, representatives of Chambers of Agriculture expressed the producer's expectation of raisin prices for the 2019/20 season as 10 TL. Celep: Let TMO purchase 20 thousand tons of grapes, Turkey's exports increase 80 million dollars Birol Celep, Chairman of the Board of Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters' Association, said: "10 TL price expectation of producers is reasonable. What we demand from TMO (Turkish Grain Board) to purchase 20 thousand tons of raisins in order not to go below this price level. We have just delivered this demand to Bekir Pakdemirli and TMO General Manager Ahmet Güldal." S...

Press release... Let's preserve the value of Turkish raisin together with Turkish Grain Board (TMO), exporter and producer! Exporters enjoy nowadays that the price of raisins, one of the most important agricultural products in Turkey, exceeds 2 dollars per kg after three years. Exporters demand from Turkish Grain Board to intervene in the market in order not the average export prices fall below realized the level of last season. Meanwhile the yield is expected to increase slightly compared to last year in 2019/20 season. Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters Association Chairman Birol Celep, in his written statement, said that falling down from the prices of 2018/19 season would mean putting money importer's pocket and transferring resources abroad in vain. "Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, producers and exporters should act hand in hand to be able to export at the value it deserves" Celep noted. Reminding of Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agr...