Italy: Agrifish EU, Fefac requests to reduce the pressure on raw material prices

Published 2021년 2월 2일

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The Portuguese Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Ceu Antunes, outlined the country's priorities for the first half of 2021 during the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers, focusing on concluding the CAP reform negotiations and achieving a balance between environmental and socio-economic sustainability. The video conference meeting also addressed the need for fair trade conditions, environmental standards in commercial agreements, and the impact of Brexit. The European feed industry, represented by Fefac, brought concerns about the increase in agricultural raw material prices and decreased sales due to Covid-19 restrictions to the council's attention, proposing that the EU invite the new US administration to ease trade tensions and take new initiatives at the G20 level to prevent the adoption of measures that compromise the world cereal market and food safety. An ongoing crisis in the pig sector was also highlighted, with calls for measures to support its recovery.

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In the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers on 25 January, the Portuguese Minister Maria do Ceu Antunes outlined the priorities for the first half of 2021, the one with the presidency of Portugal. On the agricultural front, the goal is to conclude the CAP reform negotiations by the spring. At the meeting, an informal summit held by videoconference, ministers encouraged the presidency to continue to follow the general orientation of the EU Council, even if some openness emerged on some amendments of the Parliament. Emphasis was placed on the need to simplify the rules and on finding a balance between environmental and socio-economic sustainability. The meeting also addressed other issues, including those brought to the attention of the Portuguese minister by Fefac, the Federation of European feed producers. Before the EU Council, its president Asbjørn Børsting had written to do Ceu Antunes, and indirectly to all the other EU ministers, underlining the critical issues that the ...

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