The state grain office TMO sells quality and cheap wheat to traders in the export business to reward them under a scheme called DIB. But a supply deficit in barley in the last two weeks raised prices in the market, he said.
Benchmark second-grade red milling wheat sold for 0.3530 lira per kg ($261 per tonne) this week, compared to last week's 0.3568 lira in Polatli.
In Konya bourse, the same grain was traded for 0.3587 lira this week from last week's 0.3617 lira.
Second-grade white barley was traded for 0.2564 lira this week, from a previous 0.2388 lira in Polatli. The same grain was traded for 0.2610 lira in Konya, from last week's 0.2413 lira.