BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 29. Türkiye's
Agricultural Input Price Index rose 38.97% year-on-year in April
2026, with monthly prices up 5.61% compared with March, according
to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).
The index, based at 2020=100, was up 17.49% compared with
December of the previous year and 33.79% above the twelve-month
moving average. By main category, prices for goods and services
currently consumed in agriculture - inputs such as fertilizer,
animal feed, and fuel used in routine farm operations - rose 6.2%
month-on-month and 41.2% year-on-year. Goods and services
contributing to agricultural investment, such as machinery and farm
buildings, rose more slowly: 1.95% month-on-month and 25.8%
year-on-year.
Fertilizers and soil improvers posted the sharpest annual
increase among subgroups, up 62.77% year-on-year. Energy and
lubricants recorded the largest monthly increase, up 12.54%
compared with March.
Trend's calculations show that input costs farmers pay every
season are rising faster than what they pay for long-term
investments. Annually, "currently consumed" goods - fertilizer,
fuel, feed - are up 41.21%, compared with 38.97% for the headline
index. Investment goods like machinery are up only 25.80%, well
below the overall rate. The pattern is the same month-to-month:
consumed goods rose 6.19% in April, faster than the 5.61% headline
rate, while investment goods rose just 1.95%.
In Trend's view,
this means farmers are facing heavier pressure on recurring costs
than on capital spending. Fertilizer is the biggest driver: its
price is up 62.77% year-on-year, well above every other category.
April also brought a sharp one-month jump in energy and fuel costs,
up 12.54%. Both fertilizer and fuel use typically peak heading into
Türkiye's summer growing season, so this cost pressure is likely to
weigh on farm margins ahead of harvest. It could also feed through
to food prices, both in Türkiye and in regional markets that import
Turkish produce, including Azerbaijan and the wider South
Caucasus.
