![]() But it’s unfavourable and … people didn’t expect this monstrosity of a deal, which makes competition in meat and cheese very difficult for domestic producers.”Ĭentre Party MPs echoed Mr Sigurgeirsson’s criticism in parliament on Thursday, saying Icelandic authorities made a mistake when they pushed the deal through without consulting interested parties, and without introducing countermeasures to aid farmers. "Of course, people sought this agreement at the time to secure better access for skyr and mutton in the European market. “In our view, is deeply unfavourable to us here in Iceland while the European Union gets proportionally greater access to our domestic market," Mr Sigurgeirsson said. Icelandic farmers are particularly unhappy with the fact that the size of the respective markets is not taken into account. The agreement was harshly criticised by Sindri Sigurgeirsson, chairman of the Association of Icelandic Farmers, who claims the agreement puts domestic producers in a difficult position. ![]() Iceland receives greatly increased tariff-free quotas for agricultural exports such as skyr, butter and mutton. The agreement also stipulates that both parties significantly increase their tariff-free import quotas for various meat products and cheese. All tariffs on processed agricultural products except yoghurt are abolished, including those on chocolate, pizzas, pasta, baking goods and various other products, while tariffs on unprocessed agricultural commodities such as french fries and outdoor-grown vegetables are reduced. The EU correspondingly lowers or abolishes its tariffs. Iceland and the EU reached an agreement concerning trade in agricultural products in September 2015, with government spokesmen declaring that the abolition of tariffs would benefit Icelandic consumers by increasing product diversity and pushing prices down.Īccording to the agreement, Iceland abolishes tariffs on 340 tariff numbers and lowers tariffs on another twenty. Tariffs on hundreds of food products from the European Union were significantly reduced or abolished on Tuesday when Iceland’s bilateral trade preference agreement with the EU came into effect. ![]() Lower tariffs on hundreds of EU products as trade agreement comes into effect Ég andvarpaði og ranghvolfdi augunum eftir að hafa skrifað eftirfarandi grein í vinnunni í dag:
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