The EU’s quota management comes to an end on 30th September, 2017, and along with it, an expected fall in the international sugar price, and a decrease in sugar imports from the ACP, with particular impact on Caribbean producers.
“With our exports still focused on EU markets, the Caribbean sugar industry faces a period of instability and change, and must urgently adapt in order to meet the challenge of competing with other sugar producing nations worldwide which have lower production costs or in a global market heavily distorted by trade barriers and government support.
The prospect of the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU further
