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The Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development (Comader) has decided to defend Morocco's position against "certain false allegations regarding Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports to the European market."

According to the entity, if there has been no significant alteration in the fruit and vegetable trade relationship between the EU and Morocco since the entry into force of the trade agreement between them in November 2012, it is because the bilateral relationship is mutually beneficial. "This enables the sustainable development of agricultural communities in Morocco and the EU, as well as having high-quality products in EU supermarkets, especially outside the European harvest season," the Comader stated.

"Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports to the European Union market only account for 2% of the market. Thus, it's hard to understand how this 2% can be so damaging to European fruit and vegetable production."

"It's a shame that the different interest groups take advantage of the difficult conditions that all operators in the Mediterranean agri-food sector face, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit, to question the free trade agreement that benefits the EU more than Morocco, as is demonstrated by the agricultural trade balance. This agreement brings prosperity and economic dynamism that is extremely necessary at this time," said Mohamed Alamouri, the president of Comader.

Regarding other false allegations about Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports to the British market, he stated that "contrary to the information disseminated by some organizations, Moroccan fruit and vegetable exports to the British market are carried out under a quota system that is similar to that of the EU, although this is an aberration as the UK is not a large producer of fruit and vegetables."

The entity insisted that the total quotas for fruit and vegetables provided for in the agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom only account for 1.2% of all the UK's imports of fruit and vegetables.

Finally, the Comader assured that it was always open to dialogue with farmers and peasants on both shores of the Mediterranean and that it was happy that the Generation Green Moroccan agricultural strategy launched in 2020 which was hailed by the European Commission in its new strategy for the southern zone, especially for its contribution to the sustainability of the agri-food sector, continued to be a priority shared by all.

Source: agroinformacion.com

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