The EU remains a clear net importer of sugar

Increase in sugar imports from third countries According to the EU Commission, from October 2022 to January 17, 2023, the EU imported a total of 697,000. tonnes of sugar from third countries. This is about 40 percent. more than in the same period of the previous year. Especially in November and December 2022, large quantities of sugar were imported under preferential import quotas. Sugar also came to the EU from Ukraine – the most important recipients were Poland and Romania. EU sugar import quotas under the World Trade Organization (WTO) were used faster than in previous seasons, as a result of imports by mid-January 422 thousand. tone. Thus, the amount has already been used in 58 percent. Where did the imported sugar come from? Of these, 155,000 tons of sugar came from Brazil. "Balkan quotas" were used in the reporting period up to 12.4 percent. at 25 thousand tonnes, with Serbia being the sole supplier. In addition, a total of about 74,000 tonnes of sugar went to the EU under ...