European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

European Association
of Sugar Manufacturers

15 05, 2018

CEFS, CIBE & EFFAT react to the conclusion of the EU-Mexico negotiations

By |2018-05-15T08:55:59+00:00May 15th, 2018|

CEFS, CIBE and EFFAT take note of the conclusion of the EU-Mexico negotiations, in particular the offer of a sugar import quota to Mexico of 30,000 tonnes of sugar at 49 EUR/tonne duty to be phased in over a period of three years. The unprecedented step the Commission has taken to introduce an in-quota duty [...]

20 03, 2018

The EU-Mercosur negotiations: in defence of the 98 EUR/tonne duty

By |2018-03-20T10:43:56+00:00March 20th, 2018|

CEFS, CIBE and EFFAT understand that in the context of the ongoing trade negotiations the European Commission has offered the Mercosur countries an annual tariff-rate quota of 100,000 tonnes of sugar at 98 EUR/tonne duty. This is a substantial quantity that is higher than the annual output of some factories. The Commission has so far [...]

27 07, 2017

Brazilian support measures for sugar-ethanol sector: CEFS, CIBE & EFFAT respond to UNICA

By |2018-02-27T09:30:36+00:00July 27th, 2017|

CEFS, CIBE and EFFAT represent 61 sugar producing companies, 28,000 workers, and 140,000 sugar beet growers. To coincide with the last round of trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur, our organisations published a press release calling for the exclusion of sugar from the discussions. The Brazilian sugarcane association – UNICA – issued a response [...]

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 [...]