EU MINISTERS EXTEND PRODUCTION AID FOR EUROPEAN FLAX AND HEMP
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUBSIDIES will continue to be paid to European Union (EU) producers of flax and hemp fibre crops, the EU Council of Ministers has decided. Indeed, ministers have decided to increase the aid paid to long flax fibre producers, raising it from the current Euro 160 per tonne to Euro 200 per tonne from the 2009/10 marketing year onwards. The decision will maintain local supplies within Europe that are affordable for yarn and textile manufacturers and may disappoint developing country exporters who oppose such subsidies. In any case, ministers are ...
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