Presidents of the Chamber of Agriculture gathered to discuss the price of fresh tea Ihlas News Agency

Chambers of Agriculture in the Eastern Black Sea Region gathered and stated that the price of fresh tea in 2024 should be at least 25 TL for producers.

Presidents of the Chamber of Agriculture in Rize, Artvin, Trabzon and their districts conducted studies on the price of fresh tea in 2024. After the studies, he made a statement about a base price for fresh tea at which the producers’ costs can be covered. The presidents who came together in Rize said that the base price of fresh tea for tea producers should be announced as at least 25 TL.

Rize Chamber of Agriculture President Bünyamin Arslan emphasized that the base price for fresh tea should be 25 TL in order to eliminate the costs of producers and said, “To explain our 2024 fresh tea base price study, Rize, Artvin, Trabzon, Chambers of Agriculture, namely İkizdere Kalkandere, İyidere, Derepazarı, Güneysu, Çayeli As the presidents of the Association, Pazar, Ardeşen, Çamlıhemşin, Fındıklı, Hopa, Arhavi, Borçka, Of, Hayrat, Sürmene, Araklı, and Tirebolu, we have gathered to announce to the public the results of the fresh tea cost determination studies carried out by the heads of the Chamber of Agriculture in their regions. We also demand that the base price of fresh tea be 25 TL, which will be determined by the law to be determined in order to ensure that our producers are satisfied in the place where they are born, in order to prevent the economic conditions and the sustainable root of agriculture in the region. “We demand that it be determined.”