Good prospects for EU dairy exports but growing competition According to the EC’s ‘Prospects for agricultural markets and incomes in the EU 2013-2023’, published in December 2013, adverse weather conditions... 02/03/2014
EU beef market deficit to grow According to the EC’s ‘Prospects for agricultural markets and incomes in the EU 2013-2023’, published in December 2013, there have been declines in... 02/03/2014
New EU GSP comes into effect The new Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) agreed by the EU in 2012 came into effect on 1 January 2014. ACP states will be affected both indir... 08/02/2014
Calls for new EU-based dairy product auction market The Irish Minister for Agriculture has questioned the growing dominance of the New Zealand-based ‘GlobalDairyTrade’ auction, run by Fonterra, and h... 06/02/2014
EU sugar production dips due to large carry-over stocks According to the USDA semi-annual review of the EU sugar sector, EU production for food use in 2013/14 is “forecast at 16.0 million tonnes, a decre... 02/02/2014
Debate on Citrus Black Spot continues Justin Chadwick, CEO of the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa, has welcomed a review by “the world’s leading authorities on Citrus Bla... 12/01/2014
Unsustainable UK banana pricing policies begin to spread Banana Link has warned that the UK retail chain practice of sustained low pricing of bananas may be spreading to other European markets. A number o... 21/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Rice sector 1. Background and key issuesHigh global prices and rising consumer demand for rice in ACP countries... 18/12/2013
Executive Brief Update – 2013: Poultry sector 1. Background and key issuesThe structure and importance of the poultry sector vary considerably ac... 17/12/2013
Executive Brief Update 2013: Market access 1. Background and key issuesThe basis for the ACP countries’ access to the EU market is fragmenting... 17/12/2013