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Copa-Cogeca: Promoting and developping the european model of Agriculture Copa-Cogeca | The voice of European farmers and their cooperatives | 1 I what are COPA-COGECA ? II reality of the EU agri trade !!! III FTAs developments IV


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Copa-Cogeca: Promoting and developping the european model of Agriculture

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I – what are COPA-COGECA ? II – reality of the EU agri trade !!! III – FTA’s developments IV – main concerns

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I – What are Copa-Cogeca?

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What are Copa-cogeca?

Copa – Professional Farmers 60 farmers uinions together from 27 MS Cogeca – European Agri Cooperatives 35 national platform from 22 MS

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What are Copa and Cogeca ?

  • Representing the interest of 13 million

farmers and their families;

  • Develop teh activities of more than 40 000

agri cooperatives ;

  • explore common views with other EU

economical sector or Non EU Farmers

  • rganisations
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II – Reality of the EU agri-trade

Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

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Trade and agriculture

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EU exports mainly high quality products to developed countries

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* Milk, wine and olive oil are more and more dependant to export; * export refunds are not used as a tools for export (less than 200 millions euros in 2011); * the growing food demand is in developing countries (issue about production cost);

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Foo dsecurity in danger ?

Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

  • Net importers of :
  • bovine carcass (in average 300 00 T);
  • cheapmeat (20% of the Consumption);
  • Corn (de 7 to 9 M. de tonnes);
  • vegetable proteins: 32 Mio. tonnes in eq. soycake (70%
  • f the EU needs)
  • fruits and vegetables: 10 toà 13 millions de T.
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L’UE cultivate 35 millions ha outside UE to feed 500 millions of consumers

Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

10 20 30 40 50 1999/2000 2007/2008

Arable land exported

10 20 30 40 50 1999/2000 2007/2008

Arable land imported Wheat Corn Coarse Grains Rice Soya Palm Other Oilseeds Sugar crops Coffee, Cocoa, Tea Fruits Vegetables Others

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Agriculture

  • III. FTAs development
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Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

Mercosur

  • the most conflicting due to a direct confrontation on raw

production (animal feed and beefmeat);

  • Mercosur is already the first provider on beefmeat and third

place forpoultry meat;

  • base on the Mercosur demand on 2006: cost for EU farming

by 16 billions euros;

  • major concerns on production standard for animal health,

tracability

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Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

Canada

  • more flexible appraoch and mainly agro-food sector
  • EU get a slight posititiv balance (.5 billion euros);
  • high canadian expectation on beef and pork sector;
  • not ambitious to open their market on dairy products;
  • reluctant to recognize GI’s.
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Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

US

  • US is our 2nd clients with a balance psoition (.3 billions

euros);

  • We export mainly FV, Wine and dairy products,
  • US expectation beef/pork and poultry meat;
  • core issues will be SPS/animal welfare
  • reluctant to recognize GI’s.
  • timing : if a succes conclud in 2015
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Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

Main concerns

  • Prefer option: WTO agreement;
  • FTAs with developed countries is strategic if we want the enforcement of

TRIPS ;

  • SPS and extension to animal welfare concern is becoming the key issue;
  • what about environmental standards ?
  • labelling of origin and traceability system for processed products ?
  • organic production and mutual recognition;
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Commerce Bien-être des animaux Agriculture Chaîne alimentaire Environnement

Main concerns

  • Impact on EU farming may be devastating if imports are focus on quality

products

  • EU farmers will face a contraction of public support (-15%). Return from

the market need to be improved !!!

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www.copa-cogeca.eu

Merci!