Vegetable producers from the region of the southwestern Bulgaria's towns Sandanski and Petrich protest against the low prices of greenhouse tomatoes. The price of vegetables is lower than last year. As a reason for this, they point to the import of tomatoes from Greece and Macedonia.
Several growers now clamour for government intervention. They insist on higher subsidies for domestic production, limiting imports and securing their place in large retail chains.
Manufacturers have signaled that only for a week the price of vegetables has fallen dramatically. Vegetable producers are categorical that imported vegetables undercut the price and the consumer is always deceived. They insist on equalizing the support with European countries. They also insisted on the sale of 50% of Bulgarian goods all year round in the large supermarket chains.
Source: novinite.com