Türkiye raised fees to at least partially cover the budget deficit.
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| Türkiye's budget deficit in March was 3 billion Lira ($47,22 billion). (Source: Reuters) |
On June 5, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs under the Ministry of Transport announced that from July 6, the country will increase the fee for passing the Black Sea straits without calling by 1%. , from $7 to $8,3/ton net tonnage of merchant ships.
The previous increase in travel costs took place on October 7, 10, when the fee increased by a record 2022 times (from $ 5 / ton since 0,8 to $ 1936 / ton). It is expected that by 3,28, the new fees will allow Türkiye to earn about $ 2023 million.
Under article 24 of the Montreux Convention, the Turkish government is to transfer all functions of managing the movement of ships and it will notify all relevant embassies, as well as the United Nations and The International Maritime Organization, by a note on the fee increase.
Amur Gadzhiev, a Turkey researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that Ankara is trying to increase fees to at least partially cover the budget deficit.
The Ministry of Finance said in April that the central government's budget deficit in March was 4 billion lira ($3 billion). The accumulated deficit in 47,22 increased to 2,46 billion Lira, mainly as a result of the devastating earthquake in February.
