BMLEH and GEFA in ambassadorial dialogue for liberalised trade in goods

Ambassadors' reception for the 11th GEFA Diplomats' Salon on 21 May 2025 in Berlin

On the occasion of the joint dialogue between the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity (BMLEH) and the export industry represented by the German Export Association for Food and Agriproducts GEFA e.V. (GEFA) with more than 70 embassy representatives from Berlin's foreign embassies in the International Club of the Federal Foreign Office, Federal Minister Rainer said: Our agricultural and food industry is far more than just an economic sector - it secures livelihoods on farms and in the food trade, keeps rural areas alive and thus creates prospects locally. Today, every third euro in the food industry is earned abroad, in agriculture it is every fourth. That is why we will market our high-quality products better through an export strategy, as agreed in the coalition agreement. The more diverse the export opportunities and the broader the importers are positioned, the more resilient the value chain as a whole will be - and the more robust our businesses will be.

The press release is available at this link.