The agrarian organization advocates moderating the margin applied to local products to improve what is perceived by the baserritarra and to boost the sale of local products.
Euskaraz irakurri: Elikagai kateko desorekak salatu eta marjinak murrizteko eskatu die ENBAk banatzaileei eta saltokiei
The agrarian organization ENBA has denounced the imbalances that are given in the Euskadi agri-food chainand has made a call to commercial establishments and distribution chains to moderate the margins applied to local products, on the one hand, to be able to guarantee that producers can, at least, cover production costs and, on the other hand, to boost their sale.
In a press conference held today in San Sebastián, ENBA representatives have asked to the Basque Government to speed up the work of the Behatokia Observatory, to publish production cost reports and increase controls on establishments and distribution chains to guarantee compliance with the Food Chain Law.
According to a report prepared by ENBAthe margins are 33% in beef, 45-55% in cow’s milk, 45% in supermarket tomatoes, 44-55% in cheese, 55% in yogurt, 68% in cider, 70% in honey, 70-80% chicken, 73% Gernika pepper, 75-85% tomato in traditional store, 87% apple and 118% lettuce.
Beyond the margins, from ENBA they have wanted to influence another “issue that remains hidden, in the shadows” which is none other than the rebates or commissions that are applied to the products, “reducing even more the price received by the producers and their companies and cooperatives”.
In addition, the agrarian organization has demanded that the distribution eliminate the differentiated treatment between the private label and the company brand, “to the detriment of the latter”.
Source: Eitb
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