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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8519

6 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) euagriculture
Export discounts for cereals suspended till new order

Brussels, 05/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - In anticipation of a probable increase in cereal prices on the European market, the cereals management committee approved last Thursday, the suspension of export discounts on soft wheat, until a new order has been received on adjudication for discount rights are received on barley and rye. This measure, sharply contested by the large grain producers in France, aims to discourage exports, given the bad harvests expected at the end of the drought. A...