They block the Peru-Chile border with onions, Senasa workers demand an improvement in salaries

Published 2024년 7월 1일

Tridge summary

Peruvian workers and farmers are staging an indefinite strike affecting 15 export plants and 40 agro-exporters, protesting the lack of phytosanitary certification that has led to the border blockade with Chile and the disposal of hundreds of tons of vegetables. The dispute, marked by previous similar actions, highlights the broader challenges of economic losses and the broader challenges of agricultural export stability, including stagnant export growth and increased onion prices global due to protests and sanitation issues. The strike aims to press the government for action to address these issues and prevent further economic damage.

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Original content

For the eighth day of the strike. This time the workers and farmers of 15 export plants in Tacna and 40 agro-exporters in the country have blocked the border with Chile with some of the almost 50 tons of onions that they denounce have been left stranded due to the lack of phytosanitary certification. These supplies, indicate the workers of the National Agrarian Health Service of Peru (Senasa), were going to be exported to Chile, but unfortunately they did not reach their destination due to the lack of this certificate. Given this, the more than 40 agro-exporters in the region have recorded losses of up to S/8 million, which has led to the paralysis of the salaries of some workers who see day by day how the vegetables they use so much accumulate and rot. they made it grow. It has been identified that around 800 tons of products have to be discarded per day due to the lack of certification. This urgency, which slows down and paralyzes the economic livelihood of workers and farmers, ...

Source: Larepublica