Fedeagro urges government to facilitate export permits
The president of the Venezuelan Confederation of Agricultural Producers Associations (Fedeagro), Vicente Pérez, believes that local coffee growers are not benefiting from the high price of coffee on the international market, currently at $440 per quintal
Vicente Pérez, leader of the Venezuelan Confederation of Agricultural Producers Associations, urged the government to facilitate export permits for the country’s coffee growers, noting that they are not benefiting from the current price of $440 per quintal.
According to Pérez, who sent greetings to coffee growers on International Coffee Day, facilitating export permits is “key to stabilizing domestic prices during the harvest,” in addition to allowing Venezuela to regain the market niches it had previously conquered.
The leader pointed out that for more than 100 years, coffee growers have organized themselves into cooperatives or associations to export their product. But abandoning these practices harms exports. The current figures, between 100,000 and 120,000 quintals of coffee marketed, are far below the 600,000 quintals that were exported in the past.
Pérez emphasized that despite a situation marked by shortages of inputs and fuel, and price controls, the sector has managed to maintain and even increase production.
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Source: minutaagrpecuaria
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