At the Agriculture Council on Monday 15 July, Italy discussed the difficult situation in the country's rice sector due to increased imports of Japonica rice from Burma into the EU.
The EU has already triggered the safeguard clause reintroducing normal tariffs on Indica rice. This time, Italy complains about the negative effects of duty-free imports of milled Burmese Japonica rice (see EUROPE B12290A9).
The Italian Minister of Agriculture, Gian Marco Centinaio, has asked the Commission to...