Brazil: FPA articulates and government revokes tariff exemption for import of mozzarella cheese

Published 2022년 5월 16일

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The Parliamentary Agricultural Front (FPA) of Brazil has urged the federal government to reinstate the tariff on mozzarella cheese imports from non-Mercosur countries following concerns over unfair competition and potential damage to the local dairy industry. The FPA argues that the current tariff exemption creates an unfair situation for Brazilian dairy producers, leading to a risk in the sustainability of milk production in the country and possibly causing a rural exodus. The FPA has been engaging with the government to flip this policy, aiming to bolster local production, create jobs, generate income, and ensure fair prices for the population.

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During the last meeting of the Parliamentary Agricultural Front (FPA), the deputies and senators who were members of the bench were alerted by the sector entities about the losses related to the tariff exemption for mozzarella cheese coming from countries outside Mercosur, such as the unfair competition against the dairy producer in Brazil. In view of this, the FPA articulated with the federal government that the taxation on the importation of the product be reestablished. For the president of the FPA, deputy Sérgio Souza (MDB-PR), the fact that we are a food producing country, with more than 1 million families that produce milk with difficulty, we could not let the situation become even more unfair. . “It was necessary to work with a lot of dialogue for the reestablishment of taxation to guarantee our rural producer of competitiveness. FPA's work is always in favor of the farmer, food security and cheaper food on every Brazilian's table”, he highlighted. Deputy Evair de Melo ...

Source: Portal Do Agronegocio