Brussels, 02/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - In the Official Journal of 2 February, the European Commission announced its intention to reduce provisionally sugar production quotas for the 2006-2007 run, which begins in July, in order to ease the saturated market. This measure was sought by Germany at the 23 January Agriculture Council (see EUROPE 9115).
Excess sugar production could reach two to three million tonnes, an amount impossible to export given the judgment of WTO's appellate body and...