Federarroz calls for socio-environmental anti-dumping to protect Brazilian producers

The Federation of Rice Growers Associations of Rio Grande do Sul (Federarroz) filed a request with the federal government for the application of Socio-Environmental Anti-dumping Measures in relation to rice imports into Brazil without complying with social, environmental and health rules as to which Brazilian producers are subject. Anti-dumping duties are intended to prevent national producers from being harmed by imports made at dumping prices, a practice considered unfair in terms of trade in international agreements. According to the statement from Federarroz to the government, the asymmetries in the production process with competing countries, those that do not comply with the same rigorous rules as in Brazil, make it possible to offer various products, of plant and animal origin, at market prices that are anti-competitive and anti-competitive with the practiced in the country, in order to revert to the impossibility of maintaining producers in the field. In addition, ...