INTERNATIONAL
CONFEDERATION
OF EUROPEAN
BEET GROWERS
We alert on disproportionate sugar TRQ increase. It is a fivefold increase of Ukraine’s white sugar from 20,070 to 100,000 tonnes.
The sugar tariff-rate quota would surge X5, from 20,070 to 100,000 tonnes, straining an already pressured EU sugar sector with over 20 factory closures since 2017. We urge EU decision-makers to reconsider the terms to protect, not sacrifice, our sectors' viability.
EU trade policy is putting the EU sugar sector at risk. We witnessed 20 factory closures since 2017 resulting in jobs lost in rural areas, partly due to unfair competition from low-standard imports. It’s time to rebalance trade !
The Mercosur agreement does: NOT ensure fair competition for EU farmers, NOT prioritise consumer protection, NOT include strong safeguards to protect the environment.
✅Ensure productivity gains & competitiveness💪
✅Protect growers from unfair competition⚖️
✅Ensure resilience to rising risks🦠📉
✅Support innovation🧬
2025 will be Congress year! European sugar beet world will meet in Rotterdam from 11 to 13 June.
Read our new brochure highlighting the importance of sugar beet local production in Europe !
Discover our Manifesto ahead of 2024 European elections!
Let's work together to restore European agriculture's ambition. The voice of sugar beet growers is outlining 4 priorities:
See how the beet sugar sector is working hard to develop sustainable alternatives to respond to the ban of some key plant protection products.
Such alternatives will most likely have to consist of a combination of techniques and approaches. To develop and successfully implement these will require time, several years and considerable financial investment.
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In October 2013, the European beet growers (CIBE), sugar producers (CEFS) and trade unions of the food and agriculture sector (EFFAT) have formalised a landmark agreement to jointly highlight and report on representative Good Practices of sustainable production of beet sugar in the EU.
CIBE takes part in the AgroCycle project, a Sino-EU collaborative research venture, funded by the European Commission under its Horizon 2020 programme to create a protocol for the implementation of the 'circular economy' across the agri-food sector.
