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The ornamental plants sector, which is one of the most important sectors of Yalova, which is the brand of Yalova and contributes greatly to the export and employment of the city, is going through extremely difficult times in the face of the increase in electricity, natural gas, coal, and other input costs with the increase in prices.

In addition to the price increases experienced, Garden A.Ş., which contributes to employment by investing in the ornamental plants sector. The rent increase rate of the enterprises under the structure of the farm has been determined as 80% by the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises. It is neither possible to understand nor accept what calculation method was used to make this unreasonable and unreasonable increase rate, and what it was based on.

While the 2022 revaluation rate announced by our government is 36.2%, it is really mind-boggling that the rent increase rate is based on the Domestic Producer Price index and this rate is 80%.

While the manufacturer is dealing with electricity and natural price hikes, this demand for rent increase has brought our companies in this sector into an inextricable situation and will lead them to bankruptcy in the near future. While there are dozens of problems experienced by our producers, this rent increase request is nothing but telling our companies in Garden A.Ş. to close your workplaces and go. Today, while no business owner applies an 80% increase in rent to their tenants, TİGEM's demand for this increase from our producers here has brought it to a standstill.

Not only in the ornamental plants sector, but also the farmers dealing with agriculture, our manufacturers dealing with industry, and our SMEs have suffered from these increases in production input costs. It is important that our state stands by the producers and supports them as soon as possible. If the companies do not survive, thousands of workers and workers who bring bread to their homes will be unemployed. Our companies do not put their products on the market by increasing the price of natural gas, electricity, the increase in the minimum wage and the rent increase. Therefore, it is very, very difficult for this wheel to turn under these conditions. The purchasing power of the employer and employee has decreased.

Our producers have no desire to produce, stability must be ensured as soon as possible, increasing input costs must be reduced, otherwise the ornamental plants sector, which is one of the leading sectors for Yalova, especially agricultural activities, will come to a standstill.

Özkan Şenel

YTSO Vice President