Spain: Farmers reject the entry of poultry meat from Morocco and ask for more support for the sector
Morocco
Spain
Published Jul 11, 2022
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The opening of community borders to poultry meat from Morocco has not sat well with Spanish producers. On June 30, the Execution Regulation (EU) 2022/1040 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (DOUE), in which it authorizes the entry into the European Union of consignments of poultry meat products, other than the ratites, from Morocco, a decision that has been rejected by both COAG and UPA. The poultry sector has been facing a critical situation for several months due to the "brutal increase in production costs derived from the increase in energy costs ( +150%), feed (+35%) and prices at the threshold of profitability", they underline from COAG.
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The opening of community borders to poultry meat from Morocco has not gone down well with Spanish producers. On June 30, the Execution Regulation (EU) 2022/1040 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (DOUE), in which it authorizes the entry into the European Union of consignments of poultry meat products, other than the ratites, from Morocco, a decision that has been rejected by both COAG and UPA. The poultry sector has been facing a critical situation for several months due to the "brutal increase in production costs derived from the increase in energy costs ( +150%), feed (+35%) and prices at the threshold of profitability", they underline from COAG. A situation that, as they point out, "may be aggravated by this increase in imports from third countries, which they do not comply with the demanding regulations and high standards in terms of biosafety, quality and animal welfare of the EU”, although the European Union indicates that Morocco has provided ...
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