Spain: Navarrese industry, production sector, and cooperatives ask to stop the significant increase in sweet corn imports from China

The Association of Agri-Food Industries of Navarra, La Rioja and Aragon (ALINAR), the Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Navarra (UAGN) and the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Navarra (UCAN) have warned of the "significant increase" in imports of sweet corn from China and have called for action to be taken in this regard. Since 2019, there has been an increase in imports of sweet corn, which has been "very significant in the last two years, and more significantly, in those from China," they say in a statement in which they point out that it has gone from 34,044.12 tons in 2019 to 47,378.20 tons in 2022, which is 39% more. Most of these imports represent canned sweet corn, since, in the last 4 years, only around 1.5% were frozen sweet corn. This situation, they say, is causing "huge concern" due to its repercussions on sweet corn crops in irrigated land in Navarre. THEY ASK FOR ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON THAI SWEET CORN IMPORTS TO BE EXTENDED AND SIMILAR URGENT PROTECTION ...