Bulgaria: Dumping apricot imports through foreign chains is hitting domestic production

게시됨 2022년 7월 10일

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The article highlights the challenges faced by apricot producers in Silistrensko, Bulgaria, due to low purchase prices and competition from foreign imports. The main issues include the lack of control over the use of harmful pesticides in these imports, which reduces the market value of locally grown fruits. The shrinking domestic market due to inflation and reduced fruit consumption, alongside high production costs and competition from cheap foreign fruit, have led to a significant decrease in the fruit trade in Bulgaria. Producers suggest that building a processing plant could help sell their products, but there are currently no fruit processing enterprises in Northeastern Bulgaria. The article concludes by stating that without state intervention, Bulgarian fruit may become scarce.

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In Silistrensko, the apricot harvesting campaign has started. Although this year's harvest is relatively good, there are many problems for producers. Fruit growers suffer losses due to the low purchase prices of their produce, mainly due to the import of fruit from abroad - Turkey, Moldova, Serbia, North Macedonia, and from this year also from Albania - all non-EU countries where no control directives apply of spraying with agrochemicals and especially dangerous pesticides. And while the delicious, juicy, sweet and squeezed apricots are making their way through commercial conglomerates with difficulty, the importation of produce with questionable quality and practically zero border control due to the dissolved BABH - is there and producing results. What do the manufacturers say? Rumen Zhekov has been growing apricots for more than 20 years. He shared that over the years the costs have increased many times, and the price is growing too slowly. "The main cost is about 40 ...

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