NORWAY – SOFT DRINKS

BY KEITH NUTHALLA PERMANENT duty free quota is to be opened for Norwegian exports into the European Union (EU) of certain soft drinks, following trade talks between Norway and the European Commission. The EU Council of Ministers has been asked to approve the new arrangements, which would create a duty free quota of 13 million litres for "waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweeteners and flavourings" and "other mineral waters containing sucrose and invert sugar". Where Norwegian producers export more of these ...


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