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Another prominent sector of Kahramanmaraş is Food & Agriculture. There are 96 industrial premises with 3.347 employees in this sector. Nearly half of employment in the food sector is employed in workshops of pepper. Besides, one of the biggest sugar refineries of Turkey is located in Elbistan with 1.000 employees.


Allocation of Food Industry

       

Number of Facilities

Employment

Flour

6

155

Vegetable Oil

8

376

Wheat

3

26

Sugar

1

1.000

Ice cream

10

215

Feed

7

75

Red pepper

61

1.500

                                                                                             

       

 

 

 

 

 

Source:  Kahramanmaraş Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kahramanmaraş Industrial Database, 2010


Ice cream, vegetable oil and bait are the other prominent productions of food industry. Besides, 3.000 tons of ice cream, 340 tons of flour per day is produced in Kahramanmaraş.

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