Making room for Ukraine: A Polish expert suggests reducing the EU's sugar purchases from third countries

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Published Mar 16, 2024

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Rafal Strahota, director of the National Association of Sugar Beet Producers of Poland, has suggested that the European Union (EU) should cut access to its sugar market from third countries by 10% to accommodate Ukrainian sugar. Strahota estimates Ukraine's sugar export potential at 800,000 tons and believes a 10% reduction in market access would not harm the EU market but would provide sufficient space for Ukrainian sugar. A resolution is currently being developed to introduce a limit on sugar imports from Ukraine.

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The European Union should reduce access to the EU sugar market from third countries by 10%, so that there is more space for Ukrainian sugar on the European market. The director of the National Association of Sugar Beet Producers of Poland, Rafal Strahota, proposed a corresponding decision, writes farmer.pl. According to the expert's calculations, in 2023, 250,000 hectares of sugar beets will be sown in Ukraine. Agricultural farms produced 1.8 million tons of sugar. Domestic consumption is less than a million tons, that is, the export potential is 800,000 tons. The specialist reminded that the last season was very difficult from the point of view of growing sugar beets. Sown areas increased, but sugar yields and polarization were lower than in the previous year. Production restrictions on the import of sugar from Ukraine are currently in force in Poland. The European Union has opened up the market in recent years. It has signed a number of trade agreements with various third ...

Source: Agropolit