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Turkey tea price hikes and harvest cycles

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Turkey tea price hikes and second harvest cycles

In late May 2026 ÇAYKUR introduced 2026, Turkey’s tea market experienced significant volatility. Following a temporary fresh‑tea quota for surge in demand during the Eid al‑Adha al-Adha holiday that exceeded processing capacities, ÇAYKUR implemented temporary fresh-tea quotas and an appointment system to manage intake. To address rising production, labor, and logistics costs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry lifted raised the green‑tea fresh-tea purchase price by about 37 %. approximately 37.6% to 35 TL/kg. Consequently, ÇAYKUR raised dry‑tea retail prices 26‑27 % and, on 5 July, added implemented several dry-tea price hikes, including a further 15 % surcharge, 15% surcharge in July, bringing the cumulative rise since the start of the year year-to-date increase to roughly 40‑45 %. A second‑flush harvest began on 8 July, with producers required to follow daily purchase limits and an appointment system to avoid queues. 45%. By mid‑July mid-July, retail packs prices for popular dry-tea brands regularly exceeded 300 TL per kilogram, premium brands TL/kg, sometimes reaching 360 TL, while the ministry’s purchase TL/kg. These price stood at 35 TL/kg – a 37.6 % jump. A 20 July update confirmed dry‑tea prices remained above 300 TL/kg, marking a 45 % year‑to‑date increase. Discount‑retailer catalogues highlighted low‑cost household goods, underscoring growing budgeting pressures increases, alongside rising costs for Turkish families. Per‑capita coffee consumption has risen to about 1.5 kg and is projected to reach 2.2‑2.5 kg by the end of 2026. The surge is linked other staples like chicken, have strained household budgets. In response to the expansion of chain coffee shops, e‑commerce access to specialty beans and growing ownership of home‑brew equipment, with industry leaders noting a shift toward café‑quality coffee at home. Tea growers quota system, some producers reported being forced into low-margin private-sector sales. Growers in the Black Sea region report sharply higher input costs and a gap between ÇAYKUR’s recommended purchase price (34.25 kuruş/kg) and actual sales (~29 lira/ton). They are calling have called for an enforceable base price and the reinstatement of support premiums premiums, noting that current returns often fail to offset labour shortages, cover rising fertiliser input costs for fertilizer and the quota‑based appointment system that forces low‑margin private sales. On 8 July 2026 ÇAYKUR launched labor. Harvesting progressed through multiple stages: the first surge concluded in late June, followed by a second round of its fresh‑tea procurement programme. harvest starting 8 July. By the end of July growers late July, producers had delivered about 169 000 approximately 169,000 tonnes of young tea, now being processed into black tea at tea. Following the conclusion of the second harvest period, ÇAYKUR factories. announced that the third fresh-tea harvest is scheduled to begin on 1 September 2026. Separately, per-capita coffee consumption in Turkey is rising, projected to reach 2.2–2.5 kg by the end of 2026, driven by an expansion of coffee shops and home-brewing trends.

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