Lack of viability in the export protocols to Peru

Published Dec 17, 2020

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The agricultural union, LA UNIÓ de Llauradors, is criticizing the high administrative and bureaucratic costs of exporting citrus fruits and persimmons from Spain to third countries, citing Peru's new protocol as an example. The union emphasizes that while these countries do not have any administrative costs for exporting to the EU, Spanish producers face significant hurdles and expenses. The union also points out the discrepancy in the strict export protocols demanded by these countries, contrasted with the EU's advanced waste control, environmental, and human rights standards, and lack of reciprocity from European authorities. LA UNIÓ is calling for the European Union to consider the broader community interest in export negotiations instead of focusing on individual interests to prevent Spanish producers from being disadvantaged in bilateral negotiations.

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LA UNIÓ de Llauradors denounces that the protocols for exporting citrus fruits or persimmons from Spain to third countries are very hard, they make it very difficult to enter new markets and the cost of their administrative management involves the sector a great economic effort due to high bureaucratic demands to export. On the contrary, the administrative and control costs for third countries for the shipment of their productions to the European Union is zero because the European Commission does not demand reciprocity to the demands that they do impose on our products. This is the case of the protocol with Peru where its Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) has just approved the phytosanitary requirements necessary for the start of the fresh import of mandarin, orange and persimmon of Spanish origin. The very Ministry of Agriculture of Spain (MAPA) qualifies the export protocol as "very important", since Peru can be the door for the export of other products and other ...

Source: Valencia Fruits