Spain: 'Death sentence' of the Valencian clementines to be announced if the agreement with South Africa is not renegotiated

게시됨 2021년 9월 30일

Tridge 요약

The Valencian clementine campaign has started poorly with large distribution chains refusing to buy Spanish first season varieties in favor of South African mandarins. This has led to an abundance of ripe Spanish fruit with no market, potentially collapsing the campaign and negatively impacting mid-season varieties. The situation is worsened by the ethical concerns around South African mandarines, including their non-compliance with EU standards, high carbon footprint, and labor practices. Additionally, misleading labeling of citrus fruits as 'National Orange of Valencia' but actually being from South Africa is criticized. The European Union's revision of the Agreement with South Africa is called for, to negotiate conditions that protect Spanish citrus. ASAJA Alicante is advocating for fair competition, clear labeling, and safeguards against unfair competition from third countries like South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco.

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원본 콘텐츠

At the beginning of the Valencian clementine campaign, first season varieties such as Clemenrubý, Orogrýs or Oronules have been sentenced by the Great Distribution Chains, which are refusing to buy Spanish product while, on the other hand, They supply massively with South African mandarins, which means that the trees in our fields are full of ripe fruit without any sale and cutting operation in sight. ýNot one is for sale. Supermarkets don't want Spanish clementines as long as South African mandarins remain. The large supermarket chains are filling their cold rooms with mandarin oranges from the neighboring continent, which means that they may have stock for the entire month of October and are not considering buying Spanish citrus, which means spoiling the sale of the first varieties of Spanish mandarins, collapse the campaign and cause a poor development of the same, negatively influencing the price and output of mid-season varieties, such as Clemenules. The only mandarin that ...

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