06.04.2016 Ankara

During the meeting hosted by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and attended by Food, Agriculture and Livestock Farming Minister Faruk Çelik, licensed warehousing and product specialized exchanges as well as modern agriculture market issues were discussed.

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that Minister Faruk Çelik has always been a friend to the private sector, that they find many opportunities to work together closely and thanked him for his approach. Stating that they’ve met to discuss issues of modern farming in detail, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We will especially discuss licensed warehousing, a critical component of agricultural markets and product specialized exchanges.”

- TMO will pull out of warehousing; will continue acquisitions

Food, Agriculture and Livestock Farming Minister Faruk Çelik stated that the Agricultural Products Office (TMO) will continue with their acquisitions and that work is underway for TMO to pull out of the warehousing sector.

Çelik emphasized that they are working on steps in regards to the licensed warehousing system and drew attention to the fact that they are working to develop and spread the system.

Çelik reported that the TMO-TOBB Agricultural Goods Licensed Warehousing Inc. (LİDAŞ) is continuing its efforts and said, “There are random inspections undergoing with these endeavors. TMO will continue its acquisitions; work is underway for TMO to pull out of the warehousing sector. The public sector will step out of a sector in which it should not be when current conditions are considered. With this in mind, we will consider such technical matters as what kind of system we must implement, how much storage we will need.”