Six major EU farmers' organisations criticise the European Commission's proposals to improve control over imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, as they consider them insufficient. Source: farmers' joint statement on 15 February, which was distributed by the largest EU farming group COPA-COGECA, as reported by European Pravda Details: European farmers believe that if the European Commission's proposals are adopted, "the economic sustainability of the EU's poultry, eggs, sugar, grain, and ho
The introduction of restrictions on sugar exports to the EU will negatively affect Ukraine’s sugar industry as a whole and could lead to the closure of several sugar factories, Nazar Mykhailovin, acting chairman of the National Sugar Producers Association (Ukrtsukor), said on Feb. 7.
Austrian food company Agrana, which continues to operate in Russia, has claimed that duty-free sugar imports from Ukraine to the European Union cuts into the company’s profits, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported on Jan. 12, citing the company’s CEO, Stefan Büttner.