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The elimination of quotas and price drop 30% could end up with 70% of citrus crops in the Region

The indignation of the farmers by the impending agreement between the European Union and Morocco-pending only final-growing firm, and complaints about the increase in tariff of tomato now joins the warning of the danger to associations citrus . In this sense, the general secretary of Asaja Murcia, Alfonso Gálvez Caravaca, warned yesterday that the pact on agriculture "could lead to the disappearance of more than 70% of citrus", while "unacceptable that the Spanish Government unmoved show the serious damage that will suffer the producers of the region. "

According to the organizations, Morocco may now export fruits and vegetables "in a free" as it "would have only certain sensitive products quotas." All those responsible for farmers' associations reiterated that "Morocco has failed the current agreement, contingent both as minimum entry prices, something that we regret Gálvez," is not an impediment to this country can once again that the European Union to negotiate a new pact for the next five years, which increases the amounts of Moroccan tomatoes will enter EU markets.

Similarly, for Gálvez "surprising new concessions given in the marketing of citrus, which eliminates all quotas and are reduced by 30% the price of entry, except for clementines imported from November to February, which will also extended the maximum tonnage. "

From Coag also be "absolutely unacceptable that the European Union has completed the renewal of trade agreement with Morocco is systematically failing when the current agreement." The general secretary of Coag Murcia, Pedro Lencina, said "the agreement is undoubtedly bad news for farmers Murcia and Murcia, and confirms that it will cause damage in crops such as citrus, but does not quantify the losses.

"Cancer of the sector"
Lencina confident, however, that "take advantage of future EU Presidency of Spain to put on the EU agenda issues such as the price difference between what the consumer pays and what the farmer receives," something that, in his view, "Cancer is the real sector."
"Most farmers do not want more subsidies, but another way of doing politics," said Lencina, adding that "the political will is essential to avoid another crisis similar to that of construction." "We call what we deserve," he said Coag Secretary of Murcia, who claimed to feel "shame by those who speculate with something as necessary as food."

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