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As part of the coronavirus epidemic measures, people will spend the upcoming New Year’s Eve in their homes due to the curfew. Chickpeas and sunflower seeds in Denizli, Turkey, which meet the needs of large portions of nuts, especially, started working 24 hours a day to meet the demand of the nut production companies.
With the pandemic process, there was a 100 percent increase in demand as people stayed home and turned to dried walnuts as a snack. With New Year’s Eve approaching, the demand for nuts reached 400 percent.
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Nut production company Denizli made a member of the board of directors of the parent company Tefenlili, said that the general nut producers due to Christmas Turkey is seriously working to meet demand. Tefenlili, who said there is a lot of demand for dried nuts and they are trying to grow, said: “The indispensable New Year’s Eve snack was dry food. During the period of the pandemic, the demand for nuts increased because our citizens stayed in home, but we are experiencing a strong increase in demand due to the New Year. We increased the working day to 24 hours. This was not reflected in the prices of snacks, there was also an increase in the nut harvest.
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Istanbul is an important market for us. While sending 2-3 trucks a day to Istanbul, it has now increased to 10 trucks. There are demands especially from the markets. Orders come in, we are trying to grow. There is severe congestion. Usually sunflower seeds more products sold in Turkey, then peanuts, hazelnuts as products that come. Now the mixed cookies, which we call cocktails, have started to stand out. Citizens especially prefer the mixed cocktails that we make. Denizli, Turkey, is among the leading provinces in terms of nuts. Meets 70 percent of world Turkey chickpea production. Denizli also covers 80 percent of Turkey’s production. The center of the chickpeas is Denizli. Even Çorum buys Denizli’s roasted chickpeas. 50 percent of Turkey’s production also met Denizli’s quality sunflower seeds. Denizli is in a very good position in exporting chickpeas and sunflower seeds to the world. “Denizli’s nuts will decorate the New Year’s tables,” he said.
