Tomato producers ask not to ratify the EU agreement with Morocco as it is "harmful" for the sector

Spanish tomato producers and exporters have asked the European Parliament (EP) not to ratify the agreement between the European Commission (EC) and Morocco, as it is "very harmful" to the EU producer sector and will, in their view, increase Moroccan competition. The tomato committee of the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters Associations (Fepex), composed of representatives of producers and exporters from Andalusia, Murcia, the Valencian Community, and the Canary Islands, has agreed to convey this request to Members of the European Parliament and officials of the European Parliament, as they explained in a statement this Friday. According to the aforementioned committee, the agreement with Morocco to extend the tariff advantages enjoyed by the North African country to the territories of the Sahara has been negotiated in a "hasty" and "opaque" manner, which has allowed it to come into provisional effect on October 3. "This will seriously harm the ...