The wheat needs of the country is five million tons
Abbas Ali Movahed said that over-consumption of bread is
causing waste of millions of tons of wheat, he said that consumption of the
country is five million tons, but the state purchases 11 million tons of wheat.
He emphasized that the structure should be changed and free
and competitive economy to benefit its people, said Iran’s state-owned trading
company would disrupt the market.
Managing director of the Baktash Food Supply Cooperative
Company continued: There are currently between 30% and 35% in the bread sector,
part of which is converted into animal feed.
He said that wheat production in Iran is weak due to the use
of chemical pesticides and so on.
Movahed said that adding to the baking flour is detrimental
to the health of the people, adding that Turkey supplies to 160 countries flour
and supplies 99 percent of Iraqi flour.
He said that according to the law of state-owned enterprise,
the government should be reduced to the private sector, but, unfortunately,
this important thing has not materialized, according to the statement that the
country’s economy is in the hands of the government for about 40 years.
Managing director of the Baktash Food Cooperative
Co-operative, while pointing out that there was no action to shrink the
government, said the government should have a duty to monitor and oversee the
economy.
He emphasized that if the government releases the sugar
sector, it will also balance the price competitiveness, saying it is not a
regulatory entity for the Iranian state commercial corporation.
Before the disruption of the market, Sugar wrote to the
state-owned corporation and pointed out the problems, but unfortunately, he did
not pay attention to warnings, because the aim was not to rest in the sugar
market.
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