What scope for increased isoglucose use in the EU after production quota abolition? The European sugar quota system at present “limits isoglucose production to 5% [670,000 tonnes] of the total EU sugar quota”. However, from October... 08/12/2013
Fiji preparing for end of EU sugar production quotas? Speaking at the 13th ACP Ministerial Conference on Sugar, the Executive Chairman of the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC), Abdul Khan, said that FSC is... 10/11/2013
ACP sugar ministers review impact of EU sugar production quota abolition At the 13th ACP Ministerial Conference on Sugar, held in Fiji in October, fears were expressed that “the end of the EU quota will lead to a reducti... 10/11/2013
Nigeria to provide special incentives for backward linkages in sugar sector In August 2013, the Nigerian Federal Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment committed the government to providing “special incentives” for inve... 03/11/2013
Difficulties faced in Pan Caribbean’s Jamaican operations According to Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke, production at the Pan Caribbean Sugar Company’s (Pan Caribbean’s) three factories, wh... 20/10/2013
Production and market developments in the EU sugar sector While the Nordic Sugar operations of the Nordzucker Group in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania have reported production in excess of the Group... 13/10/2013
Major shake-up pending in Kenyan sugar sector? In August 2013, Kenyan sugar millers claimed that they were unable to clear stocks of sugar “due to suspected dumping of duty-free sugar from Ugand... 13/10/2013
Mozambican sugar production and exports to EU continue to increase According to analysis from USDA, the area under sugar cane in Mozambique is set to increase by 5% to 48,000 ha, with sugar cane production in marke... 11/10/2013
Senegalese government eases import restrictions on sugar As a result of a meeting held on 14 August 2013 between the Senegalese customs authorities, the Senegalese sugar company (Compagnie Sucrière Sénéga... 11/10/2013
Rabobank assessment of the EU sugar sector post quota abolition An assessment published by Rabobank in August 2013 maintains that “with the abolition of sugar quotas and minimum beet prices, but with import barr... 06/10/2013