Reform of the EU sugar policy


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Date: March, 2002

Abstract: The EU sugar industry is subject to the regulations the Common Market Organization (CMO) for sugar, which has been one of the components of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for over thirty years. In this policy environment the EU sugar industry enjoys protection through a system of production quotas and price support in combination with export restitutions and restrictions of imports. Recently however, the EU sugar policy has been the subject of discussions on reform, the results of which ma...

Research Type: Industry Note


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