Producers, Stakeholders Demand Restriction on Beef Imports
BANGLADESH - Meat and milk producers and stakeholders yesterday demanded restricting beef imports citing that it would hurt domestic producers.
10 September 2019
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The appeal came more than a week after Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the government was planning to sign a free trade agreement with four Latin American countries, including Brazil and Argentina, to increase exports to those regions.
Both Brazil and Argentina want to export beef to Bangladesh as they claim that theirs are better than that of other countries, the minister said at a press conference in his secretariat office in Dhaka on August 28 upon returning from a visit to those countries.
“People in rural areas, farmers and other stakeholders will suffer the most if beef is imported,” said the Animal Health Companies Association of Bangladesh (AHCAB) in a press release.
The AHCAB along with nine other associations, including Bangladesh Dairy Farmers Association (BDFA) and Bangladesh Veterinary Association (BVA), organised a press conference at National Press Club yesterday to share their concerns regarding beef import.
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Source: The Daily Star
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