@DCBMEP "Hurts developing nations"
The absolute brass neck of this!
There are NO tariffs on sugar from ACP and LDC countries.
This graph shows ACP & LDC exports of sugar into the EU over the last few years.
The absolute brass neck of this!
There are NO tariffs on sugar from ACP and LDC countries.
This graph shows ACP & LDC exports of sugar into the EU over the last few years.
@DCBMEP And this is the same graph but showing where their cane sugar ends up.
Tate & Lyle, the American owned sugar refining corporation, who have a single sugar-refining facility in Silvertown reduced their imports of sugar from the ACP countries, but look where that sugar goes now.
Tate & Lyle, the American owned sugar refining corporation, who have a single sugar-refining facility in Silvertown reduced their imports of sugar from the ACP countries, but look where that sugar goes now.
@DCBMEP The American-owned Tate & Lyle have a rival in the UK. It's the British-owned company British Sugar. Their parent company is Associated British Foods (ABF).
British Sugar process beet from 3,500 British farms and employ 130,000 people worldwide. britishsugar.co.uk/careers/
British Sugar process beet from 3,500 British farms and employ 130,000 people worldwide. britishsugar.co.uk/careers/
@DCBMEP ABF bought Azucarera Ebro, a Spanish sugar business in 2008. Now their Spanish factories process ACP cane sugar outside of the beet campaign period (when beet is harvested).
So British Sugar are importing ACP/LDC sugar that Tate & Lyte stopped importing
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So British Sugar are importing ACP/LDC sugar that Tate & Lyte stopped importing
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@DCBMEP In 2013/14 British Sugar processed over 350,000 tonnes of cane sugar in their factories, mostly in Spain.
@DCBMEP An analysis UK imports of cane sugar for 2017 shows that of the 192,000 tonnes imported at least 97% of it came in tariff-free. H/T @iwitteronandon
@DCBMEP @iwitteronandon T&L's refinery business at Silvertown was sold to American Sugar Refining Inc in 2010 (when their ACP/LDC sugar imports reduced).
US branch (Domino) was sold to ASR in 2001 & Canadian branch (Redpath, where David Davies worked) was also sold to them 2007.
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US branch (Domino) was sold to ASR in 2001 & Canadian branch (Redpath, where David Davies worked) was also sold to them 2007.
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@DCBMEP @iwitteronandon British Sugar also import raw cane sugar packaged in Mauritius and market it under the Billingtons brand. billingtons.co.uk/contact-us/
@DCBMEP @iwitteronandon The figures here show again how ACP/LDC sugar exports to the EU have shifted from the UK
Between 2008 and 2017 Mauritius exported between 70%-90% of its sugar to the European Union. At the start of that period the vast bulk (85%) of that was to the UK by 2017 it's less than 10%.
Between 2008 and 2017 Mauritius exported between 70%-90% of its sugar to the European Union. At the start of that period the vast bulk (85%) of that was to the UK by 2017 it's less than 10%.
@DCBMEP @iwitteronandon This table shows the same data as the previous table but in terms of tonnage. From 2008 when 373,000 tonnes of tariff-free sugar from Mauritius were imported into the UK, to 2017 when only 35,000 tonnes made it here. Meanwhile, Spain and Italy increased imports overtaking the UK
@DCBMEP @iwitteronandon Oh, look. The Tweet Bannerman was quoting which said sugar from the Bahamas and Mauritius were subject to tariffs has been deleted. Probably because so many people pointed out that it was nonsense.
