Sudan exports 27,000 Tons of Sugar to Europe

Dec 3, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The ACP agreed to allocated to Sudan the biggest share of sugar exportation to the European Union during the 2006-2007, the official SUNA reported.

Sudan Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, Ali Yousif, said that the ministerial meeting of the Less Developed Countries (LDC) Group on Sugar approved an agreement on cooperation between the ACP countries which export sugar to Europe.

He indicated that Sudan share of exporting sugar to Europe during the period from 2006 till 2007 has reached 27,000 tons of raw sugar, which is the biggest share of sugar to be exported to Europe by an LDC of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group.

Yousif said that the agreement deals with organization of the exportation of sugar to the European Union during the period July, 2006- 2007.

The Minister of Industry, Jalal Yousif Al-Degair, Sunday chaired at the Friendship Hall the ministerial meeting of the LDC Group on Sugar, in the context of the Ministerial Council of the Fifth Summit of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) which being held in Khartoum during Dec. 3-8.

(ST)