"Turkish controls distort meat prices
October 1, 2010 7:10am
by Delphine Strauss
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At the Turkish feast of sacrifice, kurban bayram, all good Muslims who can afford to do so offer an animal - and haggling over the price is almost as much a part of the ritual as the sacrifice itself.
But this year red meat prices are so high that lamb and beef products - ranging from döner kebab to sheep’s trotters - are becoming something of a luxury. The government would like to bring prices down in time for the November feast, but it is struggling to do so: one example of the anomalies caused by Turkey’s protection of its food sector.
Food is not included in the country’s customs union with the European Union and ministers are well aware that Turkey’s adherence to high import tariffs and tight quotas does not favour consumers."
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