As last year, so too this year, breeders complain that the measure in question pushes down prices for producers, who in the end will not even be able to cover production costs.
“Currently lambs are leaving the producers at 7.5 euros per kilo, when the cost of production is 8 euros. That is, we go inside. In order for our farms to be sustainable, we must sell for more than 8 euros per kilo”, the vice-president of the Hellenic Livestock Association (SEK), Dimitris Moschos, tells “ET.”
However, he points out that the Easter basket, if implemented, will be disastrous for the industry. “Last year while we had made an agreement to sell 8 euros per kilo, when the Easter basket was announced, producer prices collapsed and we were forced to sell 5.50-6 euros.”
However, the price that the arrow is estimated to move is prohibitive for consumers. “People have a problem with money. They are not enough for him. Particularly aggravating is the fact that this year Easter falls late and the lambs will be late, i.e. heavier. And so the households will have to pay more money”, he explains to “ET”. owner of a butcher shop in Athens.
Warning
At the same time, breeders are raising the issue of adequacy in the market, sounding the alarm for widespread phenomena of Greekization.
“In Northern Greece there are serious shortages of lambs and goats, in contrast to the islands and Crete where there is a sufficient supply”, notes Mr. Moschos. In addition to the fact that around 85,000 sheep and goats were lost in the disastrous floods in Thessaly and that many producers have left the profession due to increased production costs, there may be market shortages due to exports. “The Catholic Easter was very early this year and the exports of amnoerifi to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Germany increased by 20%” points out the vice-president of the SEC and adds that the increased demand means that they are not currently available in Greece buy small lambs weighing 6-8 kg.
Therefore, the shortages in the market are expected to lead to the importation of large quantities of lambs and goats from Romania, which, as the breeders complain, are “christened” Greek. As Mr. Moschos explains, the following paradox exists in the Greek market. The animals are imported normally, alive, and if they are slaughtered in Greece, they get a Greek stamp. “This thing has to stop. The Minister of Rural Development has said that action will be taken before Easter. So we are waiting for the relevant decision”, he says.
Ministry of Agricultural Development
New protection measures of Greek meats
For his part, Lefteris Avgenakis has announced a new framework for the protection of Greek meat from Hellenization, especially in view of Easter. In particular, it has signed the MLA, the provisions of which provide that:
- The tag will be a mandatory means of identification for the carcases, as will the determination of the indications.
- There will be mandatory stamping with a blue seal, of carcasses of Greek origin (animals born, raised and slaughtered in Greece).
- More flexible levels of checks.
- Appointment of the chairman of the Sanctions and Objections Committees as a representative from ELGO – DIMITRA instead of a representative of DAOK, as has been the case until now.
- Provision for assistance in the on-site audit of projects by the employees of YPAAT, AADE and other public services.
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