FISCHER BOEL PRESSES FOR MORE LIBERALISATION OF EU DAIRY PRODUCTION
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DAIRY production quotas within the European Union (EU) - just raised by 2% - should be increased again and again prior to complete abolition in 2015, EU agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has said. Speaking to a 'Lacto Summit' organised by German dairy industry federation, she predicted from 2007 to 2014 that EU milk consumption (by manufacturers and milk consumers), will grow 8 million tonnes, (or nearly 6%), with "growing market opportunities in Asia" too. So, "further gradual increases to quotas are a strong ...
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