INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – BREXIT SPARKS CONCERN OVER RELATED EU IMPORT QUOTA REDUCTIONS
February 1st, 2019
TRADING partners with the European Union (EU) are concerned about the EU cutting the size of low duty import quotas once Britain quits the bloc, which it is scheduled to do on March 28.
The EU has released detailed plans to reduce the amount of some goods it allows into the EU, to take account of Britain exiting the single European market. This includes confectionery and related ingredients – especially sugar, where a 1.29 million tonne quota for African, Caribbean and Pacific sugar would be cut to 921,000 tonnes; and a 9,925 tonnes quota for ...
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