Jorge Brotons begins his third term as president of FEPEX
The FEPEX Assembly has re-elected Jorge Brotons as president for the third time in a row, and approves the 2019 Plan of Action.
The Assembly of FEPEX has elected as president Jorge Brotons Campillo, who renews his position for the third time in a row, in a meeting, in Madrid, in which he has also approved the Action Plan for 2019 and the consequences of a Brexit have been analyzed without agreement on exports of fruits and vegetables with the Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Fernando Miranda.
It is the third time that FEPEX re-elected Jorge Brotons Campillo as president, a position he has held since 2006. Brotons is also president of the Federation of fruit and horticultural entrepreneurs of Alicante, FEXPHAL and president of Bonnysa Agroalimentaria, a company dedicated to production and commercialization of fruits and vegetables, with effective productive in the autonomous communities of Valencian Community, Murcia and the Canary Islands.
The Assembly also analyzed the measures to be adopted in the face of the growing prospects of a hard Brexit. The Secretary General of Agriculture was informed that the contingency plans that the companies are adopting may not be sufficiently effective to deal with the disturbances that the lack of agreement may cause, highlighting Fernando Miranda that the Ministry of Agriculture has prepared contingency plans that include all the scenarios, including market crisis.
At the meeting, the 2019 Plan of Action adapted to the main objectives of the Federation for 2019 was approved, including: improving the competitiveness of the fruit and vegetable sector, given the slowdown in the growth rate of exports and the increase in imports; as well as reinforce the structuring of the sector through associations of producer organizations. In the area of commercial policy and the Community market, compliance with reciprocity will be required to facilitate access to new markets. There is also concern about the strong increase in Community imports from Morocco, which grew by 102% in the 2010/2017 period, totaling 1,661 million euros, growth that has also occurred in the Spanish market, with 312% more in the same period, standing at 559 million euros.
The Assembly of FEPEX is made up of the representatives of the 31 associations present throughout the national territory, the presidents of the sectoral committees by products and the thematic committees (labor relations and commercialization). The sectors of activity represented in FEPEX through the Associations are:
The production and export of fruits and vegetables, a majority sector, in which 18 associations are integrated: Coexphal, Asociafruit and Freshuelva, located in Andalusia; Proexport and Apoexpa in Murcia; Fexphal and the Spanish Kaki Association in the Valencian Community; Afruex, in Extremadura; Afrucat in Catalonia; Aceto and Fedex in the Canary Islands; Arifrut in La Rioja; Apeph, Excofrut and Aeamde in Aragón; Procecam and Anpca in Castilla-La Mancha and Acec, nationwide.
The production and export of potato, with 4 associations: Asonal, Cipp, Asopocyl and APPSE
The production and marketing of prepared fruits and vegetables, with a national association: Afhorfresh
The production and export of flowers and live plants, with 8 associations: Asociaflor (Andalucía), Asfplant and Aielo (Comunidad Valenciana), Asocan (Canary Islands), Asvinor (Galicia), ApharnySo (Aragón, Navarra, Rioja and Soria), Federation of Farmers of Nurserymen of Catalonia and the Spanish Association of Centers of Gardening. Recently, nut producers and marketers have also joined FEPEX.
