Spain: What does the garlic market smell like?

Representatives of the Spanish garlic sector go to Brussels. According to them, frozen garlic imported from China out of quota and at very low import duties is in fact being sold as fresh goods, thereby destroying the market of European producers. Instead of actually freezing it, it is transported in containers at minus 4 ° C and sold fresh, below the European cost price, Spanish producers are outraged. This makes it impossible for European producers to freeze garlic at a cost of around € 4 and allow China to export for € 1, The issue was also discussed at the next preparatory meeting of the Joint Committee on Fruit and Vegetables, scheduled for 31 May, where the Spanish, Italian and French Ministries of Agriculture were represented. The conclusions will be forwarded to the European Commission. But there are other concerns for producers in the three countries. For example, by reducing the range of plant protection products that can be used in garlic cultivation, it has become ...