The Sugar Scene in Europe

摘要

The Sugar Regime in Europe was established as part of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) in 1968, and has changed little since then. The intent of the regime was to "maintain employment and standards of living for European growers of sugar beet." It is a complex system of quotas and price control. The quota system consists of A quota, which covers sugar for consumption in the EU; B quota, which covers surplus sugar to ensure continuity of supply in low production years, and C quota, which is the surplus for sale on the world market. The intervention price defined the price of A and B sugars. The actual price of sugar in the EU was based on the intervention price, fixed by the Council each year, plus storage and transport levies, plus a regional pemium. The council also set the price that processors paid beet growers. All imports with the exception of ACP sugars were subject to tariff.