Member state experts on the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA), meeting on 14 May, expressed their concern at the low price of sugar.
On 9 May, the International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) and European sugar manufacturers (CEFS) called on the European Commission and the Council of Ministers of the EU to “take account of the escalating crisis in the sector” and to “consider ways to minimise the ongoing and potentially irreversible damage”.
At €372/tonne in...