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Press release... NO PRODUCTION WITHOUT MONEY! 2019 PREMIUM OF COTTON FARMERS SHOULD BE PAID RIGHT NOW! The National Cotton Council (UPK) presented its concrete recommendations to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to continue the production of cotton, which has a large share in agricultural and industrial production and employment. At the meeting held on Thursday April 9 with the General Manager of Plant Production Mehmet Hasdemir and the relevant Heads of Departments, the issues to be carried out urgently were discussed. Bertan Balçık, Chairman of UPK, explained the followings about the meeting and their suggestions: "There is no sector affected by the Covit-19 outbreak. Everyone tries to survive in extraordinary conditions created by this outbreak, which we struggle in unity and solidarity as a country. The measures announced so far are not enough to continue agricultural production. More concrete financial steps are needed on a product basis. Ensuring contin...

Press release... Turkey ranks sixth in total cotton production and fifth in total imports... Turkey earns 27 billion dollars annually and 2 million people directly employed in textile and ready-to-wear sector whose basic raw material is cotton. Averagely 850-950 thousand tons of cotton-producing Turkey should produce an annual 1.6 million tons of cotton in order to meet the needs. The 78th Plenary Session of the International Cotton Advisory Council (ICAC) was held in Brisbane, Australia on December 2-6, 2019, in which global developments on cotton were evaluated. The 78th Plenary Session of the International Cotton Advisory Council (ICAC) was attended by the government officials of 28 countries and representatives of 5 International Organizations.  Ministry of Commerce Deputy Director General Musa Demir, Aegean Exporters' Association Coordinator Chairman Jak Eskinazi, Aegean Clothing and Apparel Exporters' Association Chairman Burak Sertbaş presided the Turkish deleg...

Record expectations for cotton production... National Cotton Council Chairman Bertan Balçık, on his press release, "This season cotton will go down in history, I hope this year will have a record in Turkey on condition that good weather conditions in the production. Our biggest goal is to exceed 1 million tons. In all of the cotton acreage steadily in a development," he said . Balçık, said in his statement, "white gold" as described in the October season of cotton, in 2017, 502 thousand hectares of cotton plantation areas in 2018 rose to 525 thousand hectares, he added. The production amount is 882 thousand tons in 2017 and in 2018 it is about 930 thousand tons. Balçık also explained, "There is a steady development in all regions of the cotton cultivation area. This has accelerated slightly in the Aegean Region and Adana last year. We expect more capacity with the areas to be opened." The target in cotton is to exceed 1 million tons, Balçık voici...