Feed Planet Magazine Issue-Sayı: 34 January - Ocak 2022

56 INTERVIEW • RÖPORTAJ FEED PLANET / JANUARY 2022 • OCAK 2022 uct groups. We are the private sector leader in the im- ported wheat supply market with a market share of 20 percent in Turkey, and we are among the top 200 in the "500 Largest Companies of Turkey" rankings. Could you express your thoughts on the increased raw material prices due to the pandemic and ex- change rates? How do you tackle these prices? As in the rest of the world, agricultural commodity prices in Turkey are at the highest levels of recent years. Besides, the depreciation of the Turkish lira causes the sector stakeholders in our country to be even more af- fected by this situation. TMO is taking various steps to prevent further increases in the prices of bread, pasta, and feed. The most important of the measures it has taken is the raw material sales, which it offers to the market at almost half the market prices. However, vari- ous commitments stipulated by the institution causes confusion in the market. For example, TMO's demand for a very low-priced sales commitment for the entire factory capacity instead of asking for the amount that can be produced with the tonnage it supports has caused many manufacturers to not be able to use this support. This situation caused a further increase in the sales prices of raw materials in the market. Such low-priced raw material sales intimidate farmers who intend to plant and this causes a decrease in planting amounts. Instead of selling low-priced raw materials, it would be much more beneficial in every respect to support the end products offered by the producers to the market under strict controls. We try to make our sales in cash to the extent pos- sible. In this way, we are minimally affected by the ex- change rate. Because as the exchange rate increases, the domestic market prices also increase. WHEAT PRICES WILL SOON EXCEED 400 DOLLARS Wheat exporting countries have imposed bans, re- strictions and additional taxes. Taking into consid- eration also the loss of yield caused by the drought, more wheat imports loom on the horizon. All these cause price hikes. How further do you think prices will increase? At the Global Grain conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, we saw that international sector rep- resentatives shared these concerns. As a general view, it seems that the increase in agricultural commodity prices, especially wheat, will continue in the coming days. The quota to be imposed by Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, by the start of the New Year, seems to support the price increases. We estimate that wheat prices will ex- gerçekleştiriyoruz. Türkiye’de yüzde 20 pazar payıy- la ithal buğday tedarik pazarında özel sektör lideriyiz ve “Türkiye’nin 500 Büyük Şirketi” sıralamalarında ilk 200’de yer alıyoruz. Pandemi ve kurdan dolayı artan ham madde fiyatla- rı konusundaki düşüncelerinizi bizimle paylaşır mısı- nız? Bu fiyatlarla nasıl mücadele ediyorsunuz? Tüm dünyada olduğu gibi, ülkemizde de tarımsal emtia fiyatları son yılların en yüksek seviyelerinde seyrediyor. Yine Türk lirasında yaşanan değer kaybı ülkemizdeki sektör paydaşlarının bu durumdan daha da fazla etkilen- mesine sebep olmakta. TMO özellikle ekmek, makarna ve yem fiyatlarının daha da yükselmesini önlemek amacı ile çeşitli adımlar atıyor. Aldığı önlemlerin başında piya- sa fiyatlarının neredeyse yarı fiyatına piyasaya sunduğu hammadde satışları geliyor. Ancak piyasaya sunduğu bu satışları çeşitli taahhütlere dayandırması piyasada kafa karışıklığına sebep oluyor. Örneğin TMO’nun istemiş ol- duğu çok düşük fiyatlı satış taahhüdünü, destek verdiği tonaj ile üretilebilecek miktar için değil de tüm fabrika