British Sugar/Associated British Foods - corporate profile Ownership structureBritish Sugar, the sole processor of the UK sugar beet crop (UK quota 1,056,474 tonnes), is owned by Associated British Foods (A... 23/07/2014
Suiker Unie/Royal Cosun - corporate profile Ownership structureSuiker Unie is a subsidiary of the farmers’ cooperative Royal Cosun (known as Cosun). Cosun was set up in the early 20th century... 23/07/2014
Tate & Lyle/American Sugar Refining - corporate profile Ownership structureIn October 2010, American Sugar Refining (ASR) completed its takeover of Tate and Lyle’s sugar division, involving the acquisiti... 23/07/2014
ACP agro-food exports: The growing importance of NTMs & SPS dispute settlement mechanisms IntroductionAn E-book published by OECD in January 2013 noted that as classical tariff barriers to trade have been dismantled, so non-tariff measur... 25/05/2014
The ACP and increased private sector demands for sustainability certification IntroductionIn the two decades before the financial crisis, food consumption patterns in the EU underwent significant change, with an increased foc... 25/05/2014
ACP agricultural exports and proposed changes to the EU Regulation on food and feed controls BackgroundIn May 2013, the EC put forward “proposals to change the current legislation governing all official controls in the food and agriculture... 11/05/2014
Africa and European corporate responses to EU milk quota abolition BackgroundConsumer demand for dairy products is growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa (up 22% in 6 years). The response of local milk and dairy pro... 11/05/2014
Lessons for the ACP from EU efforts to strengthen the functioning of sugar supply chains IntroductionAs part of the EU agreement of June 2013 on the abolition of EU sugar production quotas, the European Commission (EC) announced that, f... 16/04/2014
ACP sugar exports to the EU: Sugar quota abolition and the future of raw cane sugar co-refining by EU beet refiners IntroductionSince the implementation of EU sugar sector reforms, major changes have been taking place in the EU sugar sector. A number of EU sugar... 15/04/2014
ACP aspirations and expectations and the outcome of the Ninth WTO Bali Ministerial Conference Special report – December 2013 1. IntroductionThe Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali reached agreement in December 2013 on a package of... 10/12/2013