Anti-dumping duties 'can no longer be justified'

Industry bodies including the Irish Farmers' Association have also called for the measure to be scrapped.

Barriers, such as anti-dumping duties on fertiliser, can “no longer be justified” given the current environment that the agriculture sector is operating in as a result of the war in Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney has said.

Mr Coveney told the Fine Gael special conference on agriculture and rural development in Tullamore on Saturday such measures were “making life even more difficult” for agricultural producers and should be lifted.