This picture taken on November 30, 2023 displays Norwegian fertiliser group Yara International plant in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, where on strike employees protest against the group decision to transform the factory into an import terminal and custom fertiliser mixing unit and, therefor the cutting of 139 jobs out of 171. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)
France will seek an exemption for fertilisers from carbon border levies imposed this year by the European Union, in a relocate aimed at easing costs on struggling farmers, according to agriculture ministest officials.
French Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard will build the request at a meeting with EU counterparts in Brussels on Wednesday. As it stands, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism would result in additional costs for farmers on their fertiliser supplies and disruptions to that market, the officials declared.
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