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Spanish producers against EU-Morocco deal
The conclusion of the talks between the EU and Morocco, with a draft agreement to increase exports of fruit and vegetables from the North African country, is seen as a slap in the face by the Spanish agricultural sector. The Spanish association of fruit and vegetable exporters FEPEX unanimously rejected the agreement today. It's coming into force, the association pointed out, will cause a substantial loss of jobs and a decline of Spanish exports. FEPEX wants the agreement to be revised.
According to the Spanish producers, the deal will have a particularly negative impact on Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia, the Canaries and Estremadura, where the economy depends heavily on agriculture. The deal is thought to seriously damage intensive production and early fruit production. The producers denounce that despite the long talks, the impact of the agreement has not been considered and no policies have been planned to reorganise or modernise Spanish exports to deal with the Moroccan competition. From a Spanish viewpoint, the written understanding between Morocco and the EU practically gives Morocco free access to the European market for the export of fruit and vegetables, since it only imposes limits on products that are considered to be sensitive from a competition viewpoint, like tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, garlic, clementines and strawberries; in any cases, these limits will be set higher than in the previous agreement. In the case of tomatoes, the concessions will be raised from the previous quota of 185,000 tonnes to 257,000 tonnes in 2013, a 39% increase. The quota for courgettes has doubled from 25,000 to 50,000 tonnes, clementines from 130,00 to 175,000. According to the association, in practice the market of other products is liberalised, since the agreement includes an exemption from payment of duty based on value, while it reduces duties on fruit with pits, on eating grapes and on citrus fruit. It is the worst possible deal, according to the chairman of the Andalusian fruit and vegetable federation, Maria Jose' Pardo. ''It also coincides with the crisis in the Spanish agricultural sector''. With the almost 350,000 tonnes of Moroccan tomatoes to enter the European market, setting a quota is irrelevant for the Spanish producers. They see the constant violation of the quotes as the real problem, which leads to unfair competition by the Moroccan products.
Source: ansamed.info
The conclusion of the talks between the EU and Morocco, with a draft agreement to increase exports of fruit and vegetables from the North African country, is seen as a slap in the face by the Spanish agricultural sector. The Spanish association of fruit and vegetable exporters FEPEX unanimously rejected the agreement today. It's coming into force, the association pointed out, will cause a substantial loss of jobs and a decline of Spanish exports. FEPEX wants the agreement to be revised.
According to the Spanish producers, the deal will have a particularly negative impact on Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia, the Canaries and Estremadura, where the economy depends heavily on agriculture. The deal is thought to seriously damage intensive production and early fruit production. The producers denounce that despite the long talks, the impact of the agreement has not been considered and no policies have been planned to reorganise or modernise Spanish exports to deal with the Moroccan competition. From a Spanish viewpoint, the written understanding between Morocco and the EU practically gives Morocco free access to the European market for the export of fruit and vegetables, since it only imposes limits on products that are considered to be sensitive from a competition viewpoint, like tomatoes, courgettes, cucumbers, garlic, clementines and strawberries; in any cases, these limits will be set higher than in the previous agreement. In the case of tomatoes, the concessions will be raised from the previous quota of 185,000 tonnes to 257,000 tonnes in 2013, a 39% increase. The quota for courgettes has doubled from 25,000 to 50,000 tonnes, clementines from 130,00 to 175,000. According to the association, in practice the market of other products is liberalised, since the agreement includes an exemption from payment of duty based on value, while it reduces duties on fruit with pits, on eating grapes and on citrus fruit. It is the worst possible deal, according to the chairman of the Andalusian fruit and vegetable federation, Maria Jose' Pardo. ''It also coincides with the crisis in the Spanish agricultural sector''. With the almost 350,000 tonnes of Moroccan tomatoes to enter the European market, setting a quota is irrelevant for the Spanish producers. They see the constant violation of the quotes as the real problem, which leads to unfair competition by the Moroccan products.
Source: ansamed.info
Publication date: 12/3/2009
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