ISTIB President Ali Kopuz evaluated lowering agricultural loan rates and the tradesmen.

Ali Kopuz, President of the Istanbul Commodity Exchange, who is connected by telephone to the “Market Agenda”program, which broadcasted live on a Para TV channel, said that the year 2020 was announced with the good news of the Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak. President Kopuz continued his speech as follows;

“It is very pleasing news for us who are engaged in the agricultural sector that agricultural loans have decreased from 12% to 9% and with the incentives have been reduced to 0 to 4.5. The decline of higher interest rates that force farmers and producers pave the way for agriculture sector, increases production and decreases inflation and is a blessing for us. ”  

Reminding that the state applied subsidies 47.3 billion tl in agricultural loans in 2018 and 52.3 billion tl in 2019, President Ali Kopuz “These are the most important factors for paving the way for agriculture, falling prices and reaching consumers with cheap prices. Therefore, we are pleased with this situation. ”