Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă’s working meeting with representatives of the retail sector in Romania

Prime Minister Nicolae -Ionel Ciucă met at Victoria Palace with representatives of the Association of Large Commercial Retail Networks in Romania

The main topic of discussion was the need to promote more Romanian products in commercial chains and to identify solutions to increase the competitiveness of Romanian producers and sustainable development, in conditions of food safety.

"We need more cold storage and preservation warehouses for Romanian producers, who will thus be able to ensure off-season continuity in supplying the large retail chains with vegetables, fruit, cold cuts, and dairy products. The Government will intensify its support to farmers and local producers to increase the degree of processing, transformation, and refining of agricultural products in Romania, but also to create added value in the chain and to balance the country's trade balance," stated Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă.

At the end of the meeting, a tripartite meeting - Government, retailers, producers/processors - was set up to establish a common strategy for the capitalization of agricultural products and the food industry in the interest of the Romanian consumer.