With the date for the abolition of beet sugar production quotas – 1 October 2017 – fast approaching, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own initiative report on 14 September in which it calls for EU duties on sugar to be maintained.
The ending of beet sugar production quotas will provide the EU’s sugar industry with the possibility of unlimited sugar exports. “This is an enormous chance for Europe’s sugar producers, but in order to fully profit from this...