date:Jul 31, 2012
The organisation has nailed its colours to the mast, saying the quota, which is one of the controversial elements of the current Common Agricultural Policy, also limits overall sugar supplies. Confectionery and beverage firms also oppose extending it. The AAF claims it disadvantages starch-based sugar manufacturers in their competition against processors of other sugars, such as beet sugar.
The quota system sets minimum prices to farmers for the sugar they produce in an effort to encourage pr