Spain: Farmers reject the entry of poultry meat from Morocco and ask for more support for the sector

Published 2022년 7월 11일

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The article highlights the opposition from Spanish poultry producers to the EU's decision to permit poultry meat imports from Morocco, as published in Regulation (EU) 2022/1040. This decision comes at a time when the Spanish poultry sector is grappling with significant production cost surges due to increased energy and feed prices. The producers express concerns about the potential negative impact of these imports, given the perceived lax standards in areas such as biosafety, quality, and animal welfare from Moroccan operations, despite the EU's assurances of Moroccan compliance. Spanish poultry associations have called for reduced imports and increased support for local producers, who are struggling with marginally profitable prices and high production costs. They are advocating for enhanced government oversight and support, threatening protests against integrators and employers if their demands are not met.

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The opening of community borders to poultry meat from Morocco has not gone down well with Spanish producers. On June 30, the Execution Regulation (EU) 2022/1040 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (DOUE), in which it authorizes the entry into the European Union of consignments of poultry meat products, other than the ratites, from Morocco, a decision that has been rejected by both COAG and UPA. The poultry sector has been facing a critical situation for several months due to the "brutal increase in production costs derived from the increase in energy costs ( +150%), feed (+35%) and prices at the threshold of profitability", they underline from COAG. A situation that, as they point out, "may be aggravated by this increase in imports from third countries, which they do not comply with the demanding regulations and high standards in terms of biosafety, quality and animal welfare of the EU”, although the European Union indicates that Morocco has provided ...

Source: Cdecomunicacion