Prospective trends in the future location of global cocoa production With the expansion of global cocoa consumption largely driven by market developments in Asia and Latin America, the question has been raised of whe... 24/07/2014
Sugar industry corporate profiles - Introduction EU sugar sector reforms have not only impacted on sugar prices and the market access arrangements for ACP sugar, but have also resulted in major co... 23/07/2014
Tereos - corporate profile Ownership structureTereos, a cooperative owned by 12,000 French sugar beet producers, came into being following a period of consolidation among sug... 23/07/2014
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
USA moves to full cost recovery for agricultural quarantine inspections The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced changes to the fees it charges for con... 13/07/2014
Fairtrade Foundation calls for regulatory action to promote more sustainable banana production The Fairtrade Foundation has published a report highlighting the impact of UK retailers’ “banana wars” on banana producers. In the past decade, the... 01/06/2014
FAO review of corporate developments in the international banana trade An information note from FAO, ‘The changing role of multinational companies in the global banana trade’, produced by the FAO’s Intergovernmental Gr... 22/05/2014
Cairns Group presents paper on ‘total trade-distorting support’ According to a report published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), an informal paper by the Cairns Group ha... 16/05/2014