Fira de Lleida is refusing to lower the rate for exhibitors

Fira de Lleida has definitively rejected the claim of the signatures of agricultural and industrial machinery manufacturers, seeking to go to the Fira de Sant Miquel this year paying one euro per square meter. A spokesman for the agricultural machinery companies, which had demanded an answer by the entity before August 25, assured that Fira de Lleida will lose by refusing to approximately 40 signatures to this year did not attend the pageant, and that each of these exhibitors usually occupies between 300 and 400 square meters so it added "more than half of the campus". The same sources expressed regret that the Fira would have waited until last minute to respond to them and recalled that they had been negotiating since May 20.

For its part, the director of Fira de Lleida, Oriol Oró, explained that he did not believe that this group actually represent 40 companies, "but in a fortnight at most", and stressed that the majority of members of the Provincial Association of industry and trade of the agricultural machinery had confirmed their participation. He prayed explained that in any case, they will cover the casualties with companies not normally involved in the Fira "both here and outside".

The conflict which seems that it will stop to Sant Miquel without a part of exhibitors of tractors grew out of more than 20 firms to request a reduction of tariffs to 1 euro per square meter before the crisis. Some companies of machinery also joined in this position and the Fira offered a discount of 60% which was well received by the Femel, but not by the promoters of the protest. The Fira also made a commitment to reinvest part of the revenues in the sector, through the Femel.