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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9638

9 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
5.6 million tonnes of sugar quotas are abolished in three marketing years for restructuring reasons

Brussels, 08/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - According to the latest figures available, the restructuring regime in the sugar sector has made it possible to abolish 5.64 million tonnes of sugar quotas over three marketing years, which represents 94% of the target set by the European Commission in 2005, namely 6 million tonnes. It is therefore necessary to withdraw another 360,000 tonnes from the market in order to meet the objective set. The sector has one more year (until 31 January 2009) in...

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