On 7 January 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the 260,000 mt Autonomous Tariff rate Quota (ATQ) for raw sugar for refining for three more years - until 31 December 2024. Click here to read our press statement on CEFS' reaction.
In their report published on 14th December, WTO finds India’s sugar subsidies illegal. CEFS calls on the Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission to ensure that no more Indian sugar enters the EU market until the offending measures are removed. Click here to read our press statement on the WTO report and India's sugar subsidies.
Ahead of the so-called Jumbo “trilogues” of 24/25 June 2021 and the EU Agriculture Council of Ministers of the following week, CEFS has released a Press Statement requesting equal treatment and adjustment of management tools in the CAP to ensure a sustainable sugar production in the EU in the future. Read the full statement here
During the 17th June 2021 webinar the European Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) discussed how the EU Trade Policy Review can generate added value for EU economic operators, in particular sugar producers, against the background of the green and digital strategy of the EU. Read our press statement here and CEFS’s Future of EU Trade Policy [...]
The EU Commission has recently launched its Trade Policy Review. CEFS calls upon the EU to develop a policy that allows the EU sugar industry to compete on a sustainable level playing field globally. Sustainability has been at the heart of the EU sugar sector for a long time. However, most other sugar producing [...]
On 19 April 2021, the Civil Dialogue Group on SUGAR which meets twice a year discussed the trade dimension of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy. In the joint press release CEFS and CIBE highlight how a level playing field, sustainable and fair trade, and enforcement of Free Trade Agreements is key for [...]
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