The future of Spanish citrus growers: Isolated Depression at High Altitudes and MERCOSUR mortgage

The Coordinator of Farmers and Ranchers' Organisations (COAG) has expressed its deep concern at the European Union Citrus Observatory, held the day before yesterday in Brussels, about the possible closure of the EU-Mercosur agreement and the impact on producers in the EU. Imports of processed citrus from Brazil and Argentina would greatly benefit from a possible agreement, due to the tariff liberalisation that would facilitate their access to the community market, to the detriment of shipments to the industry of our production. Although the direct effects could be less noticeable in the fresh market, the imbalances of the already problematic industrial destination would affect, as a whole, the profitability of our citrus farms. COAG has also criticised the distribution of value in the citrus chain. The organisation understands that it is not about the consumer paying more on the shelf, since there is sufficient margin in the chain to distribute to all those operators who add value ...