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Hams and Chinese oil country in a sandwich

The Chinese like Spanish ham. This news is not new or surprising. For years, the Chinese studied Spanish land and produce and ham in China.

Last year was published the following surprising news:

“The request for the brand 'Jabugo’ was presented by Wang Weiqiang in 2006 and the brand 'Hameng Jabugo’ by Wu Zheren it was in 2007, but these facts were not disclosed in Spain until a few days ago. In the years in which these entrepreneurs wanted to register the name of Jabugo, are beginning to deal in Spainfirst permits exports to Chinaand began to spread the suspicion that this product before or after could be followed as it seems they intended to import Zheren.Empezaron Weuqiang and thus exporters rubbed their hands imagining the huge market that opened for business”.

I fear that these exporters not imagine what little happiness would last. Because there is currently producing hams and Chinese, and China, with Chinese pigs, for Chinese (as would the professor Pavón).

My nephew is a born entrepreneur Edu. Embark ideas that never put into practice. Psychologists say that is highly developed creativity vector (creator)but very weak vector put ideas into practice (implementator). Always stay bad thing in theory or in the project not implemented.

– Oye Rafa, the Chinese do not just roast duck. Already producing hams and hams Jabugo wanted to call them - I explained Edu. And I do see the attached video which leaves me speechless. As the British say: “No comment”… …

So when the Chinese came to Jaén Jaén many wondered what on earth they had lost those Chinese in the olive groves.

– They like our oil. Maybe they want to use it to the wok, and we sell many liters - said one villager innocent.

– Well to me it does not smell good, I do not trust - I answered her husband more suspicious.

The news came to the press. China could overtake Jaén in olive oil production in the not too distant future. Arbequina been selected to withstand the cold better.

"The latest data confirm that there is currently a total of 136.000 China hectares covered by 39 million olive trees, which exceeds the planted and production in the province of Cordoba. But as the movement is detected in nurseries promises to olive plantation in a few years to reach 59 million in full production, what match olive entire surface of the province of Jaen, the largest producing region in the world olive oil which alone brings in 20 by 100 of world production. "

Edu buy everything on the web, until LED bulbs made in China 3 EUR, final price with transport included. So Edu has had a great idea: as we are in a global market where it seems that the factor transport from China has not only economic costs but entails huge environmental cost as one of the major sources of contamination, says it will create an intermediary company that imports the bulk oil from China at half the cost of the Spanish, and forwards it comes as Italy that are those who know how to sell luxury in beautiful bottles and labels.

This theoretical besides my nephew is a bit childish,or believed that Italians are stupid. The Italians will no longer import from Spain and acquire everything in China. At the end of the day what matters is the bottle, paper in the bottle and the bow with the colors of the Italian flag. Because the perception in the U.S. and many other countries is that the Italian oil is the best in the world and as the label says "packed in Italy" is easy to identify as "Product of Italy"; is the triumph of marketing.

It has been said that Spain is a country sandwich , always in the middle. Neither is developing or has completed a development similar to the leading countries of Europe. And I D, technology, in training, in almost all, Hence we walk: medianejos, and I fear downhill.

Ham and Spanish olive oil are the world's leading products, and as we neglect the Chinese are going to send to the center of the sandwich.

Few citizens unrelated to the industrial world have been aware of the great danger of infection sandwich countries, as Esapaña, could suffer with low cost product penetration in Western economies.

The low cost paradigm eventually ends up impacting our wages and employment in sandwich which countries can not compete with the low cost and Eastern, or with high added values ​​of the most developed countries.

I think the oil case and hams can be very enlightening them. The low cost and are coming also to oil and ham. At this rate we will end watching Chinese oil and Chinese ham Chinese bazaars.

Are we back to another possible example of asymmetric competition? What health guarantees would apply for the entry of these products? Should government action, regional or local level that would prevent the entry of these products, o se “colarían” amid the uncontrolled tons of containers arriving at the port terminals of Greece and Spain which are under management of Chinese companies?

Management should be careful to avoid ruining new skills asymmetric both inimitable quality Spanish products, whose companies should enhance marketing and internationalization.

For my part, as “consumisable“, I can promise and promise to never buy oil or ham “made in PRC”.

I'll take our pigs, by piggy that are healthy and our oil, which price is rising alarmingly. And to top the drought suffered, as saying that, that threatens to uptrend.

Friends, I recommend you collect all the oil that you can now which is good and has not risen too. I'm going to call my friendsVERDEQUINAand I will buy a few gallons.

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6 Responses to Hams and Chinese oil country in a sandwich

  1. Miguel says:

    Rafael. We overestimate, As difficult as it is to be a consumisable!
    In an ever more impoverished, which limits our ability to “consuming influence”, and other businesses exposed to increasingly large and strong with a good command of the marketing techniques and are adapting to new technologies.
    The media really independent and private opinions on the Internet are diluted in the network between the myths, rumors, viral advertising… It requires a lot of effort, critical study and be an informed consumer.
    NEED to trust regulators and certifiers that make rules. That, or give up consuming products in the global market and we relive nineteenth century.

    • Rafa House says:

      Miguel, It is true that I have great confidence in the long-term “consumisables”. Think that new generations have very assumed emerging social networks as a means of natural communication. And, figuratively, it becomes a progressively “WMD”.
      Thanks for your thoughtful comments.

  2. Dew says:

    How right you Rafa. I encourage you to read the following article regarding what is happening with our liquid gold.
    http://www.elconfidencial.com/economia/2013/02/10/la-marca-italia-se-queda-con-el-aceite-espanol-114533/
    In this country only learn when the bull has arrived. The problem is that many of the PRC!!!

    • Rafa House says:

      Rocio, The article in your link is very recent, however the problem is very old.
      The problem is that no Spanish oil brand and Italian, adding 2/3 Spanish oil volume, has a high international reputation as world's best.
      Not that the Chinese are many to say, is that here there never espabilamos.
      Note that even in the article of your link are happy because they expect to export to China and India. So experts are so article villager nerds like my post. If these are the experts Lord have mercy!
      There segmenting and seek export markets more developed countries: Central Europe, Scandinavia, U.S., Canada, … under a strategy of high-quality, affordable price, emphasizing proper course with branded marketing differentiation “low cost”.
      And parallel governments require the same guarantees of responsible production both inside and outside of importing countries.

  3. Adriana says:

    Why did you put a touch of humor! The issue is to regulate the entry of goods by requiring certifications, regulations, duty, etc.. But there is another problem, I have understood, which in principle are able to copy the certificates, etc and skilled to identify the cracks through which evade these regulations. Or take Macromeasures or is unstoppable and consumers can put their two cents in not consume.

    • Rafa House says:

      Hello Adriana.
      To tell you the truth I have little hope in the administrations. They are always prisoners of commitments and interests created. What force can have a government with a country that supports a high percentage of Spanish debt?
      I put all my hope in CONSUMISABLES, responsible consumers, to which technology has provided a weapon of massive power to exert power still unsuspected: social networks.
      Until recently the transmission of your displeasure as a consumer is limited to your circle of family and friends. Today can be transmitted in a short time thousands and thousands of potential customers. CONSUMISABLES Today we can influence and in some cases even completely change the policy and strategies of powerful companies. Yes, we can !

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