17/10/2002 
ISN: Extra financial burden of EUR 2 thousand millions expected for German agriculture after sales tax increase
(ISN) – Mr Detlef Breuer, managing director of the Interessengemeinschaft der Schweinehalter Nord-Westdeutschland e. V. (ISN; community of interest of pig keepers in Northwest Germany) expects that the sales tax increase for agricultural pre-products, which was now decided on by the red-green coalition, will result in an extra financial burden of EUR 2 thousand millions on the expense of the German consumers and agriculture.
When publishing their coalition agreement on October 16, the red and green coalition parties announced that the sales tax – which was 7 percent so far – will be increased to be 16 percent, which is more than doubling, says Breuer. Agricultural pre-products are, for instance: seeds, straw, live animals, forage plants, firewood, and so on. Due to the tax increase, says the ISN managing director, purchasing in agriculture will be much more expensive and thus the competitiveness of the German agricultural industry will be permanently weakened, compared with other European countries.
Both the German agriculture, which were characterised by restrictions, environmental conditions and limitations in production (unique all over Europe!), and the consumers had been done a bad turn, Breuer finally told.
Please don’t hesitate to take your queries to Mrs Monika Kleickmann of the ISN PR Department under telephone + 49 – 5491 – 9665 – 11.
When publishing their coalition agreement on October 16, the red and green coalition parties announced that the sales tax – which was 7 percent so far – will be increased to be 16 percent, which is more than doubling, says Breuer. Agricultural pre-products are, for instance: seeds, straw, live animals, forage plants, firewood, and so on. Due to the tax increase, says the ISN managing director, purchasing in agriculture will be much more expensive and thus the competitiveness of the German agricultural industry will be permanently weakened, compared with other European countries.
Both the German agriculture, which were characterised by restrictions, environmental conditions and limitations in production (unique all over Europe!), and the consumers had been done a bad turn, Breuer finally told.
We’re on our way to put an end to agriculture!
Please don’t hesitate to take your queries to Mrs Monika Kleickmann of the ISN PR Department under telephone + 49 – 5491 – 9665 – 11.
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