Brussels, 01/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - For the first time ever, the price of skimmed milk powder in the EU is higher than the price of skimmed milk powder manufactured in Switzerland and therefore an €832/tonne import duty will be levied on skimmed milk imported from Switzerland from 1 February 2008 onwards.
Under an automatic system built into the 1972 free trade agreement between the EU and Switzerland, such levied are introduced under Protocol 2 of the agreement to monitor and adapt...