According to market operators, the Turkish government has decided to raise the import duty on sunflower oil from 0% to 10% against the background of rising prices in the world oil market, as well as in order to protect its own producer during the sunflower harvesting campaign in the country, writes APK-Inform .
The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture also announced that the purchase price for sunflower seeds will be set at 12 Turkish liras (0,66 usd ) per kilogram.
In addition, the department noted that the shortage of oilseed supply in the country is estimated at 35%