The inflation rate is close to 80%, "we can't afford meat"

At present, the inflation rate of Turkey is close to 80%, which is one of the most inflation countries in the world. With the skyrocketing price, it has become a luxury for ordinary Turkish people.

The owner of the meat shop told the reporter that in the past less than a year, the price of meat increased by 100%, and meat sales also declined. A Turkish public said to reporters: "The taste of meat is very good, but we can't afford it."

Turkish capital Ankara citizen Isa: If I have enough income, I will buy meat. The taste of the meat is very good, but we can't afford it.

Ali, citizen of Turkish capital Ankara: Last year we could buy more meat than this year. Last year we could buy at least 4 kilograms of meat, but this year is over, we can't buy the meat anymore. Now this is the situation. I retire. My pension is not enough to buy meat at all.

For ordinary Turkish ordinary people, meat foods are disappearing from their tables. Even if they buy meat, they must carefully consume food.

Melier, citizen of Turkey's capital, Ankara citizen: Now I can't buy meat every month. Frankly, I only buy meat once a few months. I divide the meat into five parts and one portion each meal.

According to Turkish media reports, with the rise of meat prices, the average annual cow and mutton consumption of a four -mouth home in Turkey decreased from 56 kg in 2017 to 28 kg today. In five years, consumption has experienced "cutting". So what is the actual situation? The reporter visited a meat shop in Turkey.

Chief Taiwan reporter Gu Yuting: This meat shop is located on an main road of Ankara, Turkey, but there are very few customers. We stayed here for two and a half hours before the boss sold half a kilogram of meat sauce. The sales were 70 li La.

The meat shop owner Edart: At this time last year, I could sell 40 to 50 kg of meat every day, but now the sales have dropped to 20 to 25 kg per day.

The owner of the meat shop told us that taking the broken beef loved by the Turks as an example, in the past 8 months, its price increase has reached 100%, and other meat prices have also experienced similar gains.

The owner of the meat shop: I just bought half a kilogram of broken beef. She spent 70 miles away. Last year, she could buy a kilogram of broken beef with 70 miles. If she still wants to buy a kilogram of broken beef this year, she needs to spend 140 lira, so the price of broken beef rose 100%in a year.

In fact, the meat shop owner is also in dilemma. Next, he may have to continue to increase the price, because the costs such as meat wholesale, water and electricity costs, and transportation expenses are rising. But on the other hand, he was also worried that the rise in prices brought about further sales, and his meat shop would face the risk of failure.

The meat shop owner Edart: I am worried that there will be more meat shop closes in the future, because for many meat shop owners, sales have been declining, but the profit has not increased, and the cost is still high. For example, 700 miles a month ago, 700 miles a month ago, now need 3800 miles. If there is no business, there is always no profit, we cannot survive, and the final choice is to close the door.

Yu Jian, president of the Turkish meat industry and producer association, told reporters that compared with the epidemic, Turkey's per capita beef and mutton consumption fell by 41%. For Turks, eating meat has gradually become a luxury. It is understood that about one -third of Turkey's people relied on the minimum wages, but the minimum wages were less and less meat.

Turkish meat industry and producer association President Ahamad Yu Jiezan: When the scene was good in the previous year, in Turkey, the minimum wage of 60 to 70 kg of monthly wages could be bought. So at that time, the price of beef was lower than the salary. But now, the wholesale price of one kilogram of beef is about 100 li La, and a minimum wage can only buy 30 to 35 kg of beef, up to 40 kg, so the increase in the price of meat products and the increase in wages are not matched. People's purchasing power has fallen rapidly, and the consumption of meat has also fallen.

Source: CCTV News

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