“The increase in the room from 20,070 to 100,000 tons deviates significantly from old sugar rates and is rejected by Agrana,” said the Group’s statement to the Austria Press Agency. The Federal Government calls on the “The beet farmers” interests to reject the proposal to expand the sugar rates.
The farmers’ representatives have sharp criticism of the new import quotas: “This is a provocation towards all Austrian beet farmers who have had to accept existential losses due to the completely excessive regulation of the past few years and the drop in prices,” said the President of the Austrian beet farmers and vice president of the European sugar beet association Cibe, Ernst Karpfinger. “The Commission apparently completely ignores the damage to its free trade policy in beet and sugar management,” said Karpfinger.
“Absolute mistake”
The listed agrana demands “from a political side to stricter measures” in order to protect sugar producers and beet farmers from the economic effects of high sugar imports from Ukraine into the EU “. It is also important that market access must be linked to the alignment with EU production standards. “Without a doubt, solidarity is needed with Ukraine, but the trade liberalizations granted must no longer lead to irreparable market faults,” said the sugar group.
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Image: Agrana/Sabine Klimpt (honorary -free)
Source: Nachrichten
