Dairy producers in Brazil ask for support to stop crisis in the sector

Published 2023년 8월 28일

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The Commission on Human Rights and Participatory Legislation held a meeting to discuss the crisis in the family milk production sector in the Southern Region of Brazil. Tens of thousands of small producers have already left due to the inability to compete with the importation of milk from neighboring countries within Mercosur. The government has implemented measures such as increasing import tariffs and allocating funds for the purchase of local production, but the producers argue that fair prices and the reduction of taxes are necessary for a long-term solution.
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The Commission on Human Rights and Participatory Legislation (CDH) gathered this Monday (28) representatives of the federal government and the chain of family milk producers in the Southern Region in search of solutions for the sector, which has been in crisis since 2016. The meeting was conducted by the president of the CDH, senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS), according to whom tens of thousands of small producers have already left the sector, among other reasons, for not being able to compete with the rules that facilitate the importation of milk from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay within Mercosur. “Many people have abandoned dairy production, as there are no incentives and there are difficulties in having a viable production. Argentina, for example, subsidizes 40% of local production, lowering costs. Official data show that since 2018, 44,000 small producers, in Rio Grande do Sul alone, have abandoned the dairy chain. The IBGE showed that milk production fell 5.5% in the country in ...
Source: CanalRural

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