date:Nov 27, 2013
Tate and Lyle Sugars has called for the removal of the punitive sugar import duty levied on 30 percent of raw cane sugar coming into the European Union.
Scrapping the so-called CXL import duty would rebalance the playing field in the EU sugar market and secure competition and choice for Europe's consumers, the British cane sugar producer said.
Beet sugar suppliers are adapting to the bloc's decision to scrap production quotas for the sweetener from 2017, but Europe's cane sugar refining sector