A week's strike at a chicken farm in Morocco to protest the government's imposition of feed

Introduction: Morocco's national chicken Association announced on April 27 that the country's chicken farms will stop supplying chickens to the market for a week from April 1, in protest against the high tariffs imposed by the government on chicken feed In a statement to the press, the Moroccan chicken Association said that in recent years, the prices of corn and soybeans, the main chicken feed in Morocco, have soared in the international market, while the relevant government departments still impose high tariffs of 70% and 25% on imported corn and soybeans, resulting in the increasing cost of chicken raising At the same time, the Moroccan government has continued to impose a ceiling on the supply of broilers in the domestic market, which has resulted in the low profitability of chicken raising According to the Moroccan national chicken Association, chicken farms in Spain, France and Portugal not only pay a symbolic tariff of only 5% when importing corn and soybeans, but also enjoy a unified EU subsidy when exporting broilers to Morocco, while countries such as Tunisia do not tax soybeans and corn at all According to the Moroccan chicken Association, if the Moroccan government does not take protective measures, the chicken farms in Morocco will soon be squeezed out by "unfair competition" and the chicken industry will "disappear completely" in Morocco For the majority of Moroccan consumers, a week without chicken is very painful Morocco is a country dominated by meat, and chicken accounts for more than 50% of the national meat consumption Morocco national chicken association is the largest supplier of broilers in Morocco More than 100 subordinate chicken farms supply 4 million broilers to the market every week, accounting for about 95% of the total consumption of broilers in Morocco It is reported that the protest action of the Moroccan national chicken association has attracted the attention of the relevant government departments, and is ready to take measures to solve the problem of the imbalance between the cost of chicken raising and the selling price Public opinion here also believes that if the government continues to be indifferent, foreign competitors will take advantage of the situation, which will not only endanger the survival of more than 100 chicken farms in Morocco, but also lead to the unemployment of more than 80000 chicken workers.