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Table 53: Surveys of Prices of Agricultural Products
Survey Coverage Frequency Publication of Results
Producer Prices (Prices
received by farmers)
All crops produced in the
settlements (district level)
Monthly Press release and,
database
Producer Price Index 32 subgroups and 108
products
Monthly Press release and
database
Wholesale Prices of
Fruits and Vegetables
Main fruits and vegetables Monthly Press release and
database
Grain Prices in Rural
Markets
Main cereals and pulses Monthly Press release on TurkStat
website, database
Price of Red Meat at
Public Slaughter
Houses
Prices and quantities of
red meat
Monthly Published annually in a
press release and
database
Wholesale Prices of
Poultry and Eggs
Major wholesale markets
for poultry and eggs
Monthly Published annually in a
press release and
database
Source: SSAQ Results and TurkStat, 2014f.
Other Surveys by the DS/ MAPM (Irregular)
 Crop Production Survey in 2006
 Animal Production Survey in Agricultural Holdings in 2006 and 2008
 Economic Structure Survey in 2006
 Farm Structure Survey in 2006
 Vineyard and Orchard Pilot Surveys in 2007-2008
Other Projects/ Survey by MFAL:
 Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN)
Other Data Sources Including Administrative
 Turkish Sugar Authority – sugar beet (quantity and price)
 Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverages Market Regulatory Authority – tobacco
 General Directorate of Turkish Grain Board –poppy seed and capsule (quantity and
prices)
 General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR) and Rize Commodity Exchange
Market – tea
 Ministry of Customs and Trade- agricultural products trades (import and export)
 Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs- forestry statistics and prices of forestry
products
 Stock Exchanges and Wholesales Markets– prices of some agricultural products.
vi. Dissemination of Agricultural Statistics
The Statistics Law of Turkey provides TurkStat with a clear and broad legal mandate to collect
and access the data needed for the execution of the Statistical Programme. Dissemination of
agricultural statistics is essentially based in electronic format on the web pages of TurkStat.