Garlic producers warn of fraudulent entry of frozen Chinese garlic into the EU

Published 2023년 3월 22일

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The National Garlic Table has accused fraudulent importation of frozen garlic from China into the EU, leading to lower prices and affecting Spanish garlic sales. The fraud is due to incorrect refrigeration, allowing Chinese garlic to enter at lower tariffs. This fraud and a 20% reduction in planted area due to drought and water access issues have led to increased production costs and inability to raise prices for Spanish garlic producers, who are facing challenges despite generating nearly one million wages through the crop's cutting and harvesting. Spain's garlic production, mainly exported, was reduced by 30% in the previous year and requires urgent solutions to maintain profitability.

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

Source: Agrodiario