Spain: Alert in the fishing industry regarding the review of EU import quotas

The Spanish canned and frozen fishing industry has deployed a broad mobilization to demand greater access to raw materials, given the proposals being debated in Brussels to review the import quotas for fish and seafood with preferential treatment at customs. The canning companies consider that the proposals of the European Commission (EC) on tariff-free imports are “immobile” and condemn their industry to a lack of supplies, according to the general secretary of Anfaco-Cecopesca, Roberto Alonso, in an interview. with Epheagro. Along the same lines, the employers' association that brings together importing companies and the frozen fish sector Conxemar has defended access to raw materials this week in Vigo. But, on the other hand, the fishing fleet - represented by the European employers' association Europêche - is against the increases in quotas without tariffs and demands that only customs advantages be allowed for products that meet the same standards as the community ones. Spain ...