While we are glad that the proposed import limiting measures were not made worse by adding 2021 in the reference period, we regret that these unjustified emergency safeguards are included in the first place for sugar. Our press release is available here:
https://t.co/OtxVa2MajV
🗳️MEPs approved the provisional deal on extending trade liberalisation measures for Ukraine for another year in the face of Russia’s war of aggression.
24 + / 10 - / 0 abstention
Details 👇
https://t.co/qgc1GiIEak
“We see no justification for drastically reducing imports from Ukraine,” said Yuriy Sharanov, president of CIUS, “the EU has a chronic sugar deficit and needs to import between 2mn and 3mn tonnes annually to meet demand.”
CAOBISCO urges @Trade_EU & @EUAgri to simplify the conditions for freer trade under the upcoming #EUAustralia 🇦🇺FTA, namely, ensuring value-based rules of origin & a large tariff-free volume of sugar in order to face shortages.
Read more here🔗➡️https://t.co/wy2NQy770y
📑CIUS & @EUCaneRefiners call on @Trade_EU and @EUAgri to guarantee a better access to two of the most sustainable sugar within the #EUAustralia & #EUMercosur FTAs.
Read our joint position here 🔗👉https://t.co/wZYHW7P9f8
CIUS is very pleased to join the 👥Roundtable with @UliMuellerMdEP & @grainger_joanna on the #EUAustraliaFTA to emphasize the crucial importance of securing better access to sugar which could be achieved within this FTA 🇦🇺.
Stay put for more info!
📑@EUSugarUsers calls on the @EU_Commission and Member States to take urgent action for additional sugar supplies.
More info here👇and here🔗➡️https://t.co/ZzPeMwf0l0
Record-high sugar prices in the European Union, nearly three times levels seen a year ago following extreme weather and a surge in energy costs, are forcing confectioners to consider production cuts. https://t.co/ctST0GPihF
During the Q&A of the #wcc2022 @murielkorter expressed the concern of CAOBISCO members regarding low sugar supplies. For the last 5 years, we have seen a deficit in the EU sugar market balance, creating a difficult environment for manufacturers. https://t.co/KPg8u0raFi
Happy #ValentinesDay2022! Taking a moment to enjoy our products mindfully and to share them with loved ones may have a positive effect on our individual and collective wellbeing. Learn more here: https://t.co/bgaLrBmBXY #vday#valentinesDay#treatwellEU#indulgence#joy
The 2021 Virtual World #Confectionery Conference is now open, and we are delighted to be there! Aldo Cristiano, President of CAOBISCO gave a keynote on our activities and priorities!🍫🍪🍭
There is still time to register (free): https://t.co/8jVNbvoCUZ #WCC2021
Part of the 72 industry associations that wrote to @JoeBiden & @vonderleyen asking for the immediate suspension of tariffs on unrelated products in all ongoing transatlantic trade disputes & reset of the transatlantic relationship.
#ToastNotTariffs
👉 https://t.co/TRTOHtPSRk