Pressure from imports mobilizes the dairy sector in Brazil

To continue reading the article, log in with your account or sign up for MilkPoint. Get access to exclusive content! The theme was on the agenda of a series of agendas yesterday, in Brasília, to discuss with the Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, support measures for producers in several areas. With regard to milk, the demand is for actions that make the Rio Grande do Sul product more competitive compared to neighboring production in Argentina and Uruguay. Factors such as the appreciation of the real and the drop in milk prices in Mercosur are increasing imports, mainly from RS. "Either the government takes care of imports and raises the rate (the Common External Tariff), or it has to subsidize producers, as Argentina and Uruguay are doing", defends the president of the Federation of Agricultural Workers in RS (Fetag-RS ), Carlos Joel da Silva, who participates in the elections in the federal capital, mediated by ...