The Government would only consider an ENZA proposal for a
compulsory levy to deal with industry "legacy" costs if ENZA
could demonstrate a majority of industry participants
supported that proposal, that it was fair to minority
players, and was in the public interest, Agriculture
Minister Jim Sutton said today.
Mr Sutton said Labour
Party policy on agriculture changes required that they meet
these criteria.
"Cabinet would have to be convinced that
the legacy cost proposal measures up."
ENZA has told
growers they will have to pay $4.50 a carton from their
returns this year to pay Enza's historic losses. The
deduction across the country will pay the estimated $55
million dollar bill for Enza's foreign-exchange losses and
the last of the losses on the abandoned Omniport loading
system at the Port of
Napier.
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