Written question asked by James Paice (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 February 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 March 2003. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Wednesday, 5 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the total sugar production of the Everything But Arms countries (a) at present and (b) at the end of the transition period to free access to the EU. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of the total sugar production of the Everything But Arms countries (a) at present and (b) at the end of the transition period to free access to the EU. [100631] Clare Short: Figures from the Statistical Bulletins of the International Sugar Organisation (January 2003) report a total production of sugar from EBA countries of 1.15million tonnes in 2001. No estimate has been made of possible future production levels for these countries.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 100631; 400 c1130W;400 c1121W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Developing countries EU external trade Production Sugar Free trade
Contains statistics: Yes
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