Brazil: The Agriculture and Livestock Federation of the State of Santa Catarina supports the investigation of dumping in imports of Argentine milk powder

The Agriculture and Livestock Federation of the State of Santa Catarina (FAESC) expresses its support for the recent initiative of the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Confederation (CNA), which filed a request with the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC) for an investigation into the practice of dumping in the import of powdered milk from Argentina. José Zeferino Pedrozo, president of the Faesc/Senar System, emphasizes the importance of this measure for the preservation of the dairy production chain and for the Brazilian economy. "The sale of products at prices below production costs in Brazil has negatively affected the national production of powdered milk. The CNA's action is crucial to combat unfair competition, which has been discouraging Brazilian rural producers from continuing in the activity, generating serious economic and social consequences in the countryside, in addition to threatening the balance of a supply chain that is essential for ...