Author/Authors :
KESKİN, Gülşen TKB Tarımsal Ekonomi Araştırma Enstitüsü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Tomato Paste Industry in Turkey and Price Changes in Domestic Market
Abstract :
While tomato paste production in Turkey was focused on exports until recent years, the importance of domestic markets was increased with competitive world market conditions and increasing domestic consumption. In this study, tomato paste industry was examined regarding to their structure from raw materials to the exports in terms of production, export and domestic prices in 1994-2009 period. It was observed that tomato paste prices have tend to decline from 2003 according to long term averages and when it was compared the prices of tomato and tomato paste as tomato equivalent, tomato paste prices was cheaper approximately 45%.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Tomato paste , Consumer prices , Tomato paste industry.
JournalTitle :
Yuzuncu Yil University Journal Of Agricultural Sciences
