White meat production grows (+ 2.5%) but we fear Mercosur ratification and raw material price increase in Italy

게시됨 2021년 2월 17일

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The Italian poultry sector experienced a growth of 2.5% in 2020, with increases in turkey and chicken production. However, the sector faces challenges, including the potential ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement, which could increase white meat imports from South America, and a surge in the prices of agricultural raw materials, which could impact production costs and prices. Unaitalia, the association representing the national poultry production, has joined an appeal against the Mercosur agreement, citing concerns about the quality and safety of poultry meat from Brazil. The rising costs of feed, a result of dependence on foreign countries, are also causing concerns and are expected to be passed on to consumers.

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원본 콘텐츠

The poultry sector, a totally Made in Italy sector, continues to grow also in 2020, recording an increase in production of + 2.5%, with increases for turkey (+ 4.4%) and for chicken (+ 2%) . But the sector raises the alarm on the international front both for the possible ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement, which will increase the share of imports of white meat from South America, and for the price rush of agricultural raw materials (corn, soft wheat, bran , soybean meal), which in 2021 risks creating a domino effect on production costs and therefore on prices. This was announced by Unaitalia, the association which represents almost all of the national poultry production. Against the ratification of the Mercosur agreement, Unaitalia joins the appeal launched at European level by Copa-Cogeca, CIBE and AVEC with this video: the trade agreement would increase the imports of poultry meat from the Mercosur countries to an annual quota equal to production of Denmark, Finland and ...

출처: Unaitalia