State of play in EU sugar-sector reform On February 26th 2008 the EC issued a press release outlining the situation with regard to renunciation of sugar quotas by EU producers. The objec... 29/03/2008
LDC expansion of sugar production is on schedule Press reports indicate that Mozambican sugar production could more than double in four years from 240,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes. This reflects... 29/03/2008
Analysis of current price trends and market fundamentals The World Association of Beet and Cane Growers (WABCG) has posted an analysis of current trends in the sugar price and the underlying market funda... 29/03/2008
Prospects improve for the world sugar price The SKIL news update for February 2008 reports increases in the world market price of sugar since early December, with prices at the end of J... 27/02/2008
Ethiopian sugar production is to expand with Indian support India has extended a US$460 million credit line to Ethiopia to develop sugar production at the Tendaho project, close to Djibouti, and hence with... 27/02/2008
Varying trends in African sugar production Adverse weather conditions have affected sugar production in South Africa and Zambia, with production falling from 3.3 million tonnes to 2.27... 06/02/2008
World market prices are improving According to reports in the International Herald Tribune the switch in use of Brazilian sugar cane towards ethanol production has seen a sust... 11/01/2008
The EC issues a warning on documentation for high-sugar-content imports In November 2007 the EC officially informed companies of its concerns over the circumvention of import regulations and called for companies to ens... 02/12/2007
LDC sugar production continues to grow Press reports indicate that record sugar production of 270,000 tonnes is expected in Zambia in 2007. Some 50% of Zambia’s sugar production is expo... 02/12/2007
The EU Council approves further sugar-restructuring measures Speaking in Lithuania on September 10th 2007 the Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel made it clear that in the sugar sector the EU ‘must... 08/11/2007