Sugar sector to stay same, says CAP analyst
Commenting on sugar market balance projections to 2020, published by the commission, Common Agriculture Policy expert Alan Matthews said: “It is striking how steady the market balance remains over the projection period.”
He said the EU had turned from a net exporter into a net importer of sugar. “Despite the expectation of relatively high prices, and the end of production constraints following the expiry of the quota system, it is projected that the net-trade position of the EU will not change much during the projection period. This implies that the EU import market will still be available after 2015 for those developing-country exporters that currently meet this demand,” said the professor emeritus of European agricultural policy at Trinity College, in the capreform.eu blog.
