date:Sep 18, 2012
nd isoglucose production (13.753m tonnes), but because of uncertainty around weather conditions at the time of planting, farmers always build some margin into their cropping plans. This leads to excess supply when conditions are favourable.
All sugar produced above the quota is called out-of-quota sugar, and cannot be used on the EU market.
However, EU sugar consumption has remained stable at about 16.5 million tonnes, meaning sugar must be imported to meet demand and imports are subject to t