TheinternationalmarketingmagazineforfreshproducebuyersinEurope ByMauraMaxwell Tuesday21stFebruary2017,9:37GMT Spainlaunches inquiryintoveg pricefalls Growerunionsaccuseretailersof deliberatelyprovokingpricecrashesduringlastmonth�sproduction shortage T heSpanishgovernmentistoopen the Agrifood Information and Control being detected, the appropriate action an investigation into claims of Agency(AICA)saidthecomplainthadbeen mustbetakensothatwecanendtheabuse abusive practices by retailers passed to the ministry, who “is already and unfair practices that harm producers,” following sharp falls in vegetable prices at analysing the behaviour and evolution of said Francisco Vargas Viñolo, president of thestartofthisyear. the vegetable market to see if there has Asaja-Almería. beenanyabusivepracticesorbreachofthe It follows a complaint filed last week by law”. agricultural union Asaja-Almería after Theunioniscallingforclosercollaboration in the supply chain in order to dismantle pricesdroppedby85percentinweekstwo Asaja said the investigation was an the pressure exerted by the retailers and and three. The union claims the decrease important step in finding an explanation build relationships based on “reciprocity, was not justified as it did not take into for what happened, particularly whether transparency, good commercial practices account the big fall in production during thesupermarketscancelledordersinorder andsustainability”. those weeks and was not matched by a to cause prices to fall, while at the same correspondingfallinconsumerprices. timeraisingpricestoprovokeaslowdown indemand. JoséMiguelHerreroof “Inthecaseofanyirregularity http://www.fruitnet.com/americafruit/article/1474/parts-of-san-diego-quarantined-as-psyllid-count-mounts ©CopyrightMarketIntelligenceLtd-Fruitnet.com2014.ThecopyrightonthisarticleandallcontentpublishedonMarketIntelligenceLtdFruitnet.comisheldbyMarketIntelligenceLtd-Fruitnet.comLimited,ajointventurebetweenMarketIntelligenceLimitedandDrRolfMWolf MediaGmbH.Allrightsreserved.Neitherthisarticlenoranypartofitmaybereproduced,storedortransmittedinanyform,includingprintouts,screengrabsandinformationretrievalsystems,withoutthepriorpermissionofthecopyrightowners.
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