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Divergent domestic views towards protecting national agriculture and industry
20-7-2018
A delegation from the Syndicate of Importers of Foodstuff and Consumer Products voiced concern over the minister of trade, Raed Khoury’s decision last month to ban Turkish imports (c.f:https://bit.ly/2H2XqTC). Khoury clarified in response that his decision sought only to protect the domestic industrial sector, urging importers of foodstuff to concede that it strengthens national economy and reduces the trade deficit. The above decision, Khoury maintained, induced some countries to increase the size of their imports from Lebanon to avoid a fate similar to Turkey. On the other hand, the industry ministry announced in a statement this week that the food and agri food productions account for 20 percent of the total Lebanese industrial export for 2017. Meanwhile, IDAL chair, Nabil Itani, toured yesterday a number of vegetable and fruit packaging centers in the North to inspect compliance with adopted packaging specifications and the extent of development achieved as part of the Agricultural Exports Development program. He pointed out that the overall agricultural exports under said program have reached nearly 345 thousand tons in 2017, adding that olive oil exports hit record high numbers in the past few years. However, the highest sought target of the above program, Itani stated, is to support and develop packaging centers, noting that some 20 packaging centers have acquired ISO certifications to date. (Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, July 18, 20, 2018)
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