The European Commission (EC) yesterday announced a package of measures to support the agricultural sector amounted to 125 million euros in order to ” stabilize “prices and offset the effects of the first Russian veto on EU imports. Measures include withdrawal of products already on the market He will go to benéfica- distribution and compensate farmers do not collect or before maturity.
The beneficiaries of this aid will be producers of tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, peppers, cauliflower, cucumbers and gherkins, mushrooms, apples, pears, berries (strawberry, raspberry, black currant, red, white and thorny blackberry), table grapes and kiwis.
The compensation will have a maximum of 26.90 euros per 100 kilograms of nectarines and peaches withdrawn from the European market for free distribution in schools, hospitals, food banks, and 5.26 euros for other destinations such as compost, according to data provided by the EU executive.
The EU exported to Russia last year 1.8 million tonnes of perishable vegetables and fruits, which the Commission has been valued at 5.252 million euros. Spain will lose about 338 million euros by the veto of Russia and is ranked as the sixth EU country most affected by the sanctions, just behind Lithuania (927 million), Poland (841 million), Germany (595 million), Netherlands (528 million) and Denmark (377 million), according to the EU executive.
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, said yesterday that it is “too early” to know if it is “sufficient, extra or missing” with the 125 million announced by the EC . But he added that Spain will follow this first measure taken by the Commission, “and if necessary to devote more resources undoubtedly” be requested to the EC, “so that no sector will be affected” by the embargo the Russian Federation.
Tejerina Garcia stressed that the objective of this assistance of 125 million farmers already considered insufficient, balance supply and demand and that the price is maintained.
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