On 5 July 2022 the European Parliament plenary adopted its report on EU-India future trade and investment cooperation. In the light of the WTO’s ruling condemning India’s sugar subsidies, the European Parliament called for no EU concessions on sugar in the ongoing trade negotiations with India. Read our press statement here.
On 30 March 2022 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued a notice reducing the anti-subsidy duty on EU sugars by over 80%. Read our press statement here.
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 [...]
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