The costs and benefits of fair-trade certification in Fiji According to a presentation on Fairtrade certification of sugar cane in Fiji at a conference on Pacific Value Chains in April 2013, the first certi... 23/06/2013
Tate & Lyle Sugars argues for improved access to low-cost non-ACP cane sugar supplies In April 2013, with the cost of importing sugar into the EU from preferred countries at a 10-month high, Tate & Lyle Sugars (TLS) expressed con... 03/06/2013
Fairtrade launches strategy to expand sales to £2 billion In March 2013, the UK Fairtrade Foundation launched a 3-year strategy to increase sales of Fairtrade-certified goods in the UK to a value of “beyon... 26/05/2013
Sugar users’ perspectives on EU production quotas and the limits of reform According to the German Retail Blog, an inter-institutional trilateral dialogue is now to take place to determine the end date for sugar production... 04/05/2013
Recovery in sugar production pending in Fiji In February 2013, the CEO of the Fiji Sugar Corporation announced expected production of 190,000 tonnes of raw sugar in the year to 30 September 20... 04/05/2013
Recent developments in Caribbean sugar exports Press reports in March 2013 indicated that the Chinese-owned Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) was commencing exports of bagged raw sugar to the I... 04/05/2013
Nigeria intensifies efforts to promote a fully integrated sugar sector At the end of January 2013, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that the Nigerian government had announced a complete ban on the impor... 28/04/2013
Continued expansion in fair-trade sales despite economic downturn Reports from Fairtrade International suggest that “sales of Fairtrade products continue to grow around the world”. The value of sales increased by... 28/04/2013
ECOWAS CET finally adopted while producer organisations raise concerns ECOWAS, six years after its decision to implement a common external tariff (CET), formally adopted its CET at the WAEMU-ECOWAS joint technical comm... 22/04/2013
Variable picture in EAC sugar sector with ongoing disputes escalating According to press reports, Ugandan sugar production in 2012 was 11.7% above the production achieved in 2011 (up to 289,665 from 259,413 tonnes), b... 15/04/2013