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Turkey agricultural supply chain regulation

Overview

Turkish ministries are drafting a new Market Law (Hal Yasası) to restructure the fruit and vegetable supply chain. The proposed regulation, a joint effort by the Ministries of Treasury and Finance, Trade, Agriculture and Forestry, and Labor and Social Security, aims to reduce intermediary costs, combat unregistered trade, and prevent speculative price hikes.

Key provisions in the nine-article draft include requiring major supermarket chains to source a significant portion of produce directly from producers, prioritizing domestic products through tax incentives, and strengthening agricultural cooperatives. The law also proposes implementing digital tracking in markets. Violators of these new regulations may face administrative fines and imprisonment.

The draft has been condensed from approximately 30 articles to a nine-article framework. It includes mandatory quotas for domestic products on supermarket shelves and seeks to reduce intermediary costs by removing commission agents, thereby enabling producers to sell directly to markets, consumers, or online channels. The plan also proposes doubling the number of agricultural cooperatives.

As the legislation moves toward the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, agricultural sector leaders continue to call for direct consultation. During meetings with the Adana Chamber of Commodity Brokers, stakeholders emphasized that the law should be developed with input from farmers, field experts, and brokers. In regions such as Alanya, producers are specifically advocating for quotas on imported fruits, including bananas and avocados, to protect local growers from price pressure during harvest seasons. There are also calls to grant special status to critical commodity markets in regions such as Adana, Mersin, Tarsus, and Antalya to support sustainable production and trade.

Entities

Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry · Turkish Ministry of Trade · Barış Bektaş · Tarsus · Adana Chamber of Brokers

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  1. [BUSINESS] 11 sources
    Turkey prepares new Market Law to regulate agricultural sales

    Turkey is drafting a 9-article Market Law to stabilize food prices by reducing intermediaries, mandating domestic product quotas in supermarkets, and introducing penalties for non-compliance.

  2. [BUSINESS] 9 sources
    Turkey prepares new Market Law to regulate produce supply chains

    Turkey is drafting a new Market Law to mandate that supermarkets source 20% of produce directly from farmers, aiming to reduce prices and support domestic producers and cooperatives.

Sources

akhisarmedya.com · anadoludabugun.com.tr · bolgegazetesi.com.tr · cukurovametropol.com.tr · egemengazetesi.com · finans.mynet.com · gazetearena.com · karar.com · konyapostasi.com.tr · konyayenigun.com · m.takvim.com.tr · rayhaber.com · sabah.com.tr · sanayigazetesi.com.tr · sehrivangazetesi.com · sondakika.com · spglobal.com · tgrthaber.com · turkgun.com · yenialanya.com

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