Turkish operator smuggles sophisticated machines imported by Algeria from Italy
Another scandal shook the biggest agricultural mutual company in Algeria. It is named after martyr Laalamiya Lalkhdar in the area of Boutheldja in Taref province (east of Algiers).
- A Turkish operator left unit of industrial tomato processing while it has a 15 billion centimes tax to pay. He has exploited the factory for five years. His contract with the mutual company expired in December 2010 while he did not perform his duties stipulated in the contract. He had to pay the tax by virtue of article No 5 of the contract. It clearly says Turkish company King Food should pay all the taxes stipulated by the law. It owns all the raw materials, products and packaging equipments. Yet, the operator continued working without any taxes embarrassment until he sold the last tomato box in the factory.
- Taxes department warned the factory to seize it in the absence of the operator who collected money and left the country.
- Sources said the factory was delivered to the Turkish man in 2005. It was in a good state. Its production exceeded 41,000 tons and dealt with more than 7,000 farmers.
- The operator received the factory with its sophisticated equipments set up by Italian experts. Production went down to 3,000 tons and the number of farmers dealing with the factory was reduced to 40. He largely neglected the harvests of the farmers.
- Farmers told Echorouk they tried to prevent the Turkish company’s workers from smuggling sophisticated machines and a lorry. Yet, it managed to take the machines using their special ways.