The National Association of Meat Industries of Spain (ANICE), given the possible reduction in VAT that the government seems to be proposing for some staple foods, supports this measure, but asks that meat not be excluded from this reduction.
ANICE recalls that meat is a concentrate of nutrients, among which proteins with essential amino acids, vitamins such as the B complex and minerals such as iron and zinc stand out, essential in all stages of life, and especially during the growth of children and the elderly.
The reduction of VAT on meat would help make this food more accessible to the population with lower incomes and would guarantee a balanced and varied diet, typical of the Mediterranean diet, where meat and derivatives are ingredients of many traditional recipes, in which it is accompanied by vegetables and greens.
They also recall that iron deficiency anemia is the main nutritional deficiency of modern populations and that this can be effectively fought with the contribution of “heme” iron, which is the most easily assimilated by our body, which is what meat brings to the diet Human.
The meat sector is the fourth industrial sector in our country. It contributes to generating employment and economic activity in rural areas, thus fighting depleted Spain and maintaining ecosystems such as pastures, pastures or meadows, as well as helping to combat the risk of fire by making sustainable use of these environments.
ANICE states that the meat sector is also a heavily exporting sector, resulting in a positive trade balance for our country of over 9,000 million euros in 2021.
For this reason, Anice is asking the government to include meat in the basket of foods that will see their tax burden reduced, which is currently 10%, along with vegetables, milk or fish, among others.
