European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

17 07, 2017

CEFS statement on Brexit

By |2018-02-27T11:00:13+00:00July 17th, 2017|

With regards to the negotiations concerning the departure of the UK from the EU, CEFS asks for the following:[1] 1. No disruption of trade After Brexit, the UK will be the EU-27’s most important export market for sugar. It is essential that sugar producers in the EU-27 retain access to the UK market, both as [...]

3 07, 2017

EU-Mercosur negotiations: Stand up for EU sugar and ethanol!

By |2018-02-27T08:45:14+00:00July 3rd, 2017|

EU sugar and renewable ethanol producers, sugar beet farmers, and workers call for no concessions on sugar and ethanol in the context of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations. Brazil is the world’s largest producer and exporter of sugar, accounting for a massive 52 per cent of world net sugar exports in 2015. Brazil is also the [...]

24 04, 2017

CEFS and SIX other EU associations stand against temporary market management measures

By |2018-02-27T08:38:22+00:00April 24th, 2017|

The EU sugar sector faces its biggest change in decades. On 1 October 2017 EU sugar production quotas will end. At this sensitive and uncertain time, the European Commission has proposed to vote in the Management Committee of 27 April 2017 on the introduction of ‘temporary’ measures (tenders for imports at reduced duties) to increase [...]

17 11, 2016

CEFS and CIBE react to the JRC study on the cumulative impact of future FTAs on agriculture

By |2018-02-27T09:39:32+00:00November 17th, 2016|

On 15 November 2016 the European Commission presented to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council the results of an economic study carried out by the Joint Research Centre on the “cumulative effects of concessions made in the context of free trade agreements on the EU agricultural sector.” The study covers the impact of 12 future trade [...]