Minister of Economic system and Vitality Olgun Amcaoğlu participated within the 18th Hour program on BRT and made statements.
Underlining that the digital label utility will likely be applied as of February 1, however that it’s too late, Amcaoğlu stated, “Whereas the world is searching for methods to save lots of the whole lot with synthetic intelligence, we’re nonetheless doing conventional inspections with horizontal intelligence, and these items are now not doable with inspections that may be finished by human arms.” .
Reminding that they’d beforehand applied an automation system in gas oil, Amcaoğlu stated, “We now have the possibility to see what’s presently within the warehouses of 142 gas stations and two provider firms.”
Stating that whereas imports have been 2.8 billion {dollars} final yr, this yr's projection was 3.4 billion {dollars} after they evaluated the third quarter studies of the Central Financial institution, Amcaoğlu stated, “Whereas there are will increase in imports this yr in comparison with final yr, gas oil, which constitutes the primary place in imports, has an annual quantity of roughly 450-500 million {dollars}.” ” he stated.
Minister Amcaoğlu additionally famous that the informality in gas has now fallen beneath 3 % with the implementation of the automation system, and stated, “This informality will drop to zero % on the day when AKSA and Teknecik warehouses are built-in into the system.”
Talking in regards to the statements made that procuring has shifted to Southern Cyprus, Amcaoğlu stated, “It’ll shift to the South. If they’d not began utilizing digital labels that would reset the VAT on 62 merchandise and management the revenue margins, as was finished within the South, Germany and the Netherlands “If they’d not used the digital label as was finished in Spain, inflation would in fact proceed to harm them,” he stated.
Minister Olgun Amcaoğlu stated, “Let me be very clear, digital labels have been utilized to 62 varieties of items within the South for about 2.5 years. “Inflation, which was over 8 %, was decreased to 1.5 %,” he stated.
Emphasizing that it’s obligatory to make sure management so as to forestall unfair acquire whereas growing revenue so as to preserve buying energy within the nation, Amcaoğlu stated, “That's why now we have to implement the digital label utility on February 1.”
Minister Amcaoğlu stated, “In parallel with the 62 merchandise within the South that contact the every day lifetime of the folks of the nation, 79 merchandise resembling meals, recent greens, cleansing and hygiene merchandise have been decided by the Chamber of Business, KTTO, Chamber of Tradesmen and Craftsmen. It was studied and deliberate intimately to keep away from something lacking. “We now wish to make on the spot, every day, weekly, month-to-month and annual plans,” he stated.
Stating that the normal guide inspections on meat costs are additionally missing, Amcaoğlu stated, “At present, you must apply digital labeling to the butchers or delicatessens, which have almost 200 companies, and the state will cowl the price of this and simply inform the revenue margin, don’t intervene with the gross sales worth, they’ll improve everybody's income primarily based on their prices.” “Be sure that the sale is made clearly and this drawback will likely be eradicated,” he stated.
Amcaoğlu stated that knowledge is required to manage and monitor the market, to switch correct data to the related sources of the state, and to match the Southern and Turkish markets.
Minister Olgun Amcaoğlu stated, “I take a look at the numbers; Roughly 3 million 100 thousand folks will transfer from South to North in 2023. Once we interpret the third quarter studies, we are saying how a lot this yr will go: 2 million 900 thousand folks will lower by 5.5 %. So what’s going to occur to the quantity passing from North to South? Once you interpret the third quarter, it’ll exceed 2 million 962 thousand folks with a rise of 15.6 %. So once you take a look at it, what comes and goes is similar. In different phrases, whereas it decreases by 5 % on one aspect, it will increase by 15 % on the opposite. As they are saying, your entire financial system shifted to the South. These are usually not enough numbers for your entire financial system to shift to the South. Whereas the variety of companies in 2018 was 20 thousand 548, it decreased to twenty thousand 88 in March 2020, and as we speak it’s 22 thousand 15. It elevated by 7 % in comparison with 2018. The variety of staff was 102 thousand 944 in 2018 and dropped to 88 thousand throughout the pandemic. At the moment, the variety of staff is 156 thousand, a rise of 80 %. In the price of residing utility, the truth that the minimal wage is 40 thousand 436, which is 480 %, elevated from 7 thousand, imports elevated from 2.8 billion {dollars} to three.4 billion, and the truth that there aren’t any important variations relating to the transitions on this regard, nonetheless exhibits that there is no such thing as a financial drawback on this nation. However for as we speak,” he stated.
Stating that he has all the time stated that 2025 will likely be a tougher yr than 2024, Amcaoğlu stated, “I’m not a dumb satan sufficient to see the fallacious and stay silent. Not the whole lot is a mattress of roses. “But when we take precautions, such because the digital label I discussed, gas automation, product security laboratory, in fact the years after 2025 will likely be a lot simpler,” he stated.
