Spanish Government calls for more commitment to meet the Dairy Agreement
The Ministry of Agriculture moved to livestock organizations, industry and commercial distribution adhering to the pact the need to strengthen the implementation of commitments. The MAGRAMA stresses the importance of making progress in the structuring of the production sector to have greater bargaining power and improve revenues. In late March a second report on the Dairy Agreement will be published.
Secretary General of Agriculture and Food, Carlos Cabanas, stressed the confidence of the Department in the role of Dairy Agreement as a forum to advance the sustainability of the sector, and has moved to the member organizations at the same the need to strengthen the performance of their commitments. This line has stressed that, in a difficult situation, in a context of rising production, it is necessary that all links contribute their experience and continue to support the agreement as until now.
Following the conclusion of the fifth meeting of the monitoring committee according to the stability and sustainability of the dairy sector, Cabanas has indicated that continuing tensions in the European market, partly as a result of the significant increase that has been recorded in production , which it is difficult to achieve conditions of stability.
In this regard he recalled that January production this year was 6% higher than in last year, and in that month the average price has dropped three thousandths, compared to the price received in December.
Therefore the Secretary General stressed the need to continue working on those aspects of the agreement that are less developed, and pointed out the need for progress in the structuring of the production sector, allowing you to have a capacity greater bargaining and, therefore, improve the income of producers.
Declaration of transfer prices
In connection with the processing of the Royal Decree on declaration of transfer prices of industry distribution, Cabanas explained that while waiting for his next publication, has enabled an extraordinary procedure so that industries can voluntarily inform the Ministry about their transfer prices since January.
Moreover he stressed that there is still room for improvement in what has source identification is concerned. It is important, he noted, that the consumer knows the origin of milk or milk product.
He also announced the upcoming release, scheduled for late March, the second quarterly report of the Agreement, with the advances that have carried out all the signatories, and expressed the will of the Department of studying all possibilities to boost the Dairy Agreement and maintain the sustainability of the sector.
In this line it explained that raise, at the next Council of Ministers of the European Union, the need for urgent action, as soon as possible are in place, the smaller will be the impact of the crisis.
Source: MAGRAMA
