EU MINISTERS ASKED TO APPROVE NEW SWISS FOOD TRADE DEAL
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REVISED food trade deal has been negotiated between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland, which includes low or duty-free quotas for EU and Swiss confectionary ingredients. Examples include imports into the EU of cherries, raspberries and other sweet fruits, and imports into Switzerland of EU nuts, sweet fruits and acacia honey.
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A REVISED food trade deal has been negotiated between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland, which includes low or duty-free quotas for EU and Swiss confectionary ingredients. Examples include imports into the EU of cherries, raspberries and other sweet fruits, and imports into Switzerland of EU nuts, sweet fruits and acacia honey.
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