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1995. The existence of the Cold Stores, Foodstuffs & Supplies Department of the
CTCCB makes the purely economic justification for the foundation of Eti less
secure.
Table 4.2 Percentage oftwo vital basic foods imported by the Cyprus Turkish
Co-operative Central Bank
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Sugar 62% - 24% 46% 30%
Grain 18% 11% 14% 45% -
Source: Series of interviews with Gulhan Alp, Chief Accountant at tlie CTCCB, 21/4/95 - 11/8/95.
The Nicosia Cold Stores, Foodstuffs & Supplies Department began as the solé
CTCCB supply department. In 1974 it was referred to as the "Trading and
Wholesale Supply" Dept. 28 . The first structural re-organisation occurred in 1978
when the Building Materials and Agricultural Requisites divisions were hived off. In
1985 Famagusta Cold Stores, Foodstuffs and Supplies became a separately managed
división of the CTCCB. The Famagusta Cold Stores, Foodstuffs and Supplies Dept.
has the same function as in Nicosia, only it buys from the Nicosia división (rather
than from abroad) and distributes them to its clients in the región. The Famagusta
división is also the main regional agent of the Dairy Products Industry, another
división of the Co-operative Central Bank (the CTCCB) and the main supplier of
dairy producís in northern Cyprus. The Famagusta Cold Stores, Foodstuffs and
Supplies Dept. acts effectively as a wholesale distribution agent for the Dairy
Products Industry, for which it receives a commission.
The Building Materials Marketing Department is based in Nicosia, with stores in
Famagusta and Guzelyurt (Morphou); its key imports are: cement (from Turkey),
wood (from Sweden), iron, motor pumps (for irrigation) and galvanised tubing. Eti
and (more recently) private companies also import these producís. Because many of
these producís were perceived sírategic and therefore proscribed by the (Greek
28 See CTCCB Amiual Report for 1974, p. 12.
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