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Industrial users may seek hike in US sugar quotas
2014-05-14 09:22:47| Sugar Industry News
New York Food manufacturers faced with dwindling US sugar supplies may pressure the government to raise import quotas amid fears a trade dispute with Mexico will curb inflows from that country, forcing sweetener users to go further afield, traders said.
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EU funds sugar research for ACP states industries as volatility looms post abolition of quotas in 2017
2014-05-12 09:09:35| Sugar Industry News
Nearly US$20 million is available for research on sugar to scientists in the member states of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in a bid to ensure the viability of their sugar industries.
US: AAFA calls for end of Japan footwear quotas
2014-04-14 17:22:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has urged the Obama Administration to push Japan to eliminate its tariff rate quota (TRQ) on US made and branded leather footwear as part of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
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Drought Measures, Milk Quotas on EU Ag Committee Agenda
2014-04-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - On the agenda for the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting are weather-related crop difficulties in Cyprus and Latvia as well as legal aspects to the end of milk quotas.
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EU to become net sugar exporter after quotas end in 2017
2014-04-10 09:29:16| Sugar Industry News
The European Union will become a net sugar exporter after output quotas are ended in 2017 but volumes will depend on EU and world prices, freight and exchange rates and competition from cereal-based sweeteners, delegates at a conference said.