NEW EU TRADE DEALS
October 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLDUTIES on a range of Romanian confectionary exported to European Union (EU) will be phased out by 2007, easing the country's oncoming EU membership. Affected lines range from chewing gum, liquorice extract, white chocolate, boiled sweets and toffees. In return, EU producers get duty free access to the Romania by 2007 for chocolate, cocoa power and sugar. Meanwhile, the EU and Switzerland have updated a free trade deal that will allow mutual duty free sales of cocoa powder, certain sugars, jams and other products. And the EU Council of Ministers ...
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