Turkey pressed the button to import 4,500 tonnes boneless meat from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Imported meat will be brought to Turkey by trucks. But meat prices caused the crisis as it coming to Turkey.
Meat and Dairy Authority, wanted to sell the importd meat to companies in Turkey by 39 TL. Authority couldn't find the buyer and dropped the prices to 35 TL.
President Erdogan recently said that meat will not be imported unless forced in Agriculture and Forestry Council.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli also stated that they didn't import even 1 single kg meat in 2019.
IMPORTED MEATS WILL BE SOLD AT LOSS!
On the other hand, the Meat and Milk Authority issued an announcement for boneless meats to be imported from Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina and sold them for 39 TL.
However, this price caused a great crisis. Meat and Milk Authority who can not find any customer from the price in question, authority price by taking the price reduced to 35 TL. Reducing the price of meat to be imported creates a situation in the domestic market against the producer, and unconscious policy in animal husbandry.
60 THOUSAND TONS OF MEAT IN THE STORE!
As it is known, due to uncontrolled imports, the Meat and Milk Authority expects to sell about 60 thousand tons of meat in its warehouse.
The Meat and Milk Authority has been searching for customers abroad to sell these meats for about a year, while the meats remain unsold. While the Meat and Milk Authority could not find customers for meat in warehouses, the import of meat from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina showed that the government's livestock policy went bankrupt, and the sale of these meats to the detriment of the government revealed the grave picture.