Garlic producers denounce the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic from China into the European Union

The National Garlic Table has denounced the alleged fraudulent entry of frozen garlic from China into the European Union. A situation that causes Chinese garlic to enter the EU at a lower price, thus limiting the sale of Spanish garlic at profitable prices for producers. This was announced this Tuesday the 20th by the members of the National Garlic Table during the celebration of its General Assembly in Las Pedroñeras, where they have made public the results of the report prepared by the organization on the alleged irregularities in frozen garlic imports. from China in Europe. "The reason for the irregularity is based on the fact that this supposed frozen garlic from China is really refrigerated garlic, which is transported at temperatures of -4ºC, when frozen garlic must go to -20ºC", explained the president of the National Board del Ajo, Julio Bacete, who added that these products belong to different tariff classifications, so this alleged fraudulent garlic is introduced "out of ...