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EU poultry sector: Trade and Brexit challenges in 2019

14 Oct 2019

• 14 Oct 09:35

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AVEC criticised new access to European markets for third countries at its annual conference and warned of potential disruption caused by Brexit. The organisation, which represents poultry production in the European Union, criticised new tariff-free quotas from Ukraine and Brazil. EU poultry sector sacrificed Its president, Paul Lopez, said the 180,000t additional quota granted to Mercosur countries in a recently agreed trade deal showed the EU poultry sector “had clearly been sacrificed”, as it was double the amount offered at the end of 2017 and agreed by member states. Closing the ‘batman cut’ loophole Mr Lopez also criticised. Read more...