They denounce a "cascade of breaches" in citrus and persimmon contracts in Castellón

Agrarian organizations AVA-Asaja and La Unió have denounced a "cascade of breaches" of purchase and sale contracts for citrus fruits and persimmons through the "legal trap" of not setting a collection date by private trade. The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-Asaja) warns of a growing wave of breaches of purchase and sale contracts for citrus fruits and persimmons by certain private commercial operators, which are generating serious legal uncertainty and significant economic losses among producers. AVA-Asaja's legal services confirm that, in numerous cases, the purchasing companies are not complying with the collection of the harvest before the collection date agreed in the contract - or the optimal ripening moment of the variety in question, in case no collection date is specified in the document - which causes the fruit to be left on the tree and ultimately lose its commercial value. The breach of this clause has multiplied due to the marketing problems of early tangerines ...