Cay Isletmeleri Genel Mudurlugu Caykur (Turkiye)

Çaykur is the biggest and leading establishment of Turkish tea sector with its 47 wet tea processing factories, 1 tea packing factory, 2 regional directorates of marketing and production, 7 regional directorate of marketing, Base Repair Shop, Atatürk Directorate of Tea and Garden Cultures Research Institute with its 16.500 employees and wet tea processing capacity of 6.600 tons/day.
55-60% of wet tea products produced in the region which vary by years are purchased by Çaykur. Çaykur’s market share in domestic dry tea market is approximately 60-65%.
Çaykur being a state-owned enterprise which is domiciled in Rize has been established in order to develop tea agriculture of Turkey in conformity with the Agricultural Policy, to improve tea quality, to execute its processing according to technical principles, to produce dry tea to meet domestic and foreign market needs, to import and export it, to create investment resources by helping capital accumulation through management policy which is based on efficiency principles.
Çaykur’s business line consists of purchasing tea leaves from manufacturers at the quality appropriate for the enterprise, having technological activities to process and make use of it, ensuring blending, packing and marketing of dry teas produced or imported in conformity with needs of domestic and foreign markets.