The partnership agreement guarantees to the North African country preferential treatment in relations
trade with the United Kingdom, after the British exit from the EU.

Horticulture export canary publicly expresses its alarm and concern, after analyzing the signing of the association agreement between Morocco and the United Kingdom which guarantees the North African country preferential treatment in trade relations with the United Kingdom, when the British exit from the EU;.

Horticultural Export Federation of Las Palmas, FEDEX, and its counterpart in the province
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ACETO, declare that this agreement can be a fatal blow (other
over accrued in the last two years) for the Canary exports whose destination is the
United Kingdom.

The process of negotiating the Brexit has meant agony for the Canary export sector
hortofrutícola, mainly tomato and cucumber, What, even today, unknown if current
aid received for the activity is maintained after the departure of the United Kingdom of the Union
European and under what conditions.

Also it concerned about the intention of the EU to further deepen Agreements commercial, to increase liberalization in agriculture with the six partner countries from the Mediterranean.

Since both employers recognize that they are aware of the efforts that are being
out from administrations to achieve, if not an exceptionality, a modification
allow to continue receiving aid by appealing to the condition of the Archipelago ultraperipherality
Canary.

However, the long agony that has become trading in the Brexit, attached to delayed
the payment of aid and compensation for transport, together with the uncertainty involved
ignore what the scenario which exporters will face after the Brexit, he has
caused several producers have ceased or diminished activity acreage
with the consequent reduction of labor.

As if that were not enough, He has also jumped another alarm after knowing the intention of the EU to further liberalize agricultural agreements with the six partner countries of the
Mediterranean: Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia.

This deepening of existing trade agreements, Besides influencing liberalization
the Agriculture, add provisions on regulatory areas such as trade facilitation and
procurement.

From FEDEX and ACETO confident that this time policy makers argue in favor
of the affected sectors as enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty, concerning the implementation of a study
economic impact to determine the effects these new agreements could involve in
Community production and, thus, be compensated.

The main competition that exists with third countries is derived from negligible costs of
production, mainly the result of the conditions of each of those countries that have nothing
to do with the rigorous and strict EU regulations: labor, food safety,
traceability, environmental, quality…

Canary fruit and vegetable sector export presented with a winter 'hot' it could be
very important for the future of the activity in the Canary Islands under the vicissitudes that still
They have to clear.

This campaign began last day 15 October with the first shipments to
UK and Europe, which they will continue to increase over the next
weeks.