The European Strawberry Group calls for the involvement of the EU to ensure its competitiveness

Published 2023년 2월 17일

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The Strawberry Contact Group, consisting of producers from Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal, is advocating for European Union intervention to maintain their competitiveness in the face of rising production costs, climatic challenges, and phytosanitary regulations. They argue that these factors create imbalances in the market and are calling for equal access to European markets and alternative measures to comply with new phytosanitary regulations. The group is also inviting Greece to join and is grappling with decreases in exports due to climatic issues and strong Greek competition.

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The Strawberry Contact Group, made up of producers from Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, has called for the involvement of the European Union to "be able to continue being competitive in European markets" in the face of the adverse situation in the sector. Last meeting, which was held in Huelva, this Group has shown that the increase in production costs, climatic adversities and the requirements of community and local phytosanitary regulations, which third countries do not have to deal with , "cause imbalances in the main European strawberry markets, which do not make it profitable," Freshuelva reported in a statement. Given this situation, European producers have agreed to demand from the EU "greater involvement to encourage their products access European markets under the same conditions as those of third countries", of which they have also highlighted that they contribute to starring in promo In this same context, they have encouraged the European Administration to accompany ...

Source: Agrodiario