PORK REFUNDS
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has brought forward lifting emergency export refunds for pigmeat, because of an unexpectedly strong recovery in the sector, said its officials. Price falls sparked the introduction of refunds of Euro 40 per 100 kilogrammes non-EU exports in January, to expire in April. But Brussels cancelled refunds for half-carcasses, cuts and bellies in March.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has brought forward lifting emergency export refunds for pigmeat, because of an unexpectedly strong recovery in the sector, said its officials. Price falls sparked the introduction of refunds of Euro 40 per 100 kilogrammes non-EU exports in January, to expire in April. But Brussels cancelled refunds for half-carcasses, cuts and bellies in March.
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