POLISH CONFECTIONERS PUSH FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SUGAR PURCHASES

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE POLISH confectionery industry is pushing the European Commission for a loosening of the rules allowing national European Union (EU) governments to give confectionery manufacturers financial assistance when buying sugar inputs. A letter obtained by Confectionery Production from Polbisco - the Association of Polish Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturers - has warned that last year's abolition of EU export refunds for its products has been damaging overseas sales. It noted that despite EU sugar liberalisation reforms "EU [sugar] market ...


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