The tomato sector demands to balance the conditions of competition in the EU

The need to balance the conditions of competition in the European market is a priority for the European tomato sector, which year after year loses competitiveness and is being displaced from the Community market. During the meeting, the three delegations analyzed the effects of the application of the EU Association Agreement with Morocco on community production. The professionals have regretted the poor functioning of the entry price system, which makes it ineffective and requested the application of cooperation and safeguard clauses of the Agreement. They also warned of the worsening of the situation due to the application of the agreement's tariff concessions to production from Western Sahara, an important - and booming - tomato export area, as well as the important economic support of the Moroccan government to its tomato producing sector. tomato and the subsidies for the inputs they use. Spanish exports to the European Union have decreased by 20% in the last decade, while ...