EU: Brussels releases sugar to ease soaring prices
By: Keith Nuthall | 24 February 2011
EU member states today (24 February) ordered the release of 500,000 tonnes of sugar from EU stores onto European markets to ease high sugar prices, which have been harming manufacturers.
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EU member states today (24 February) ordered the release of 500,000 tonnes of sugar from EU stores onto European markets to ease high sugar prices, which have been harming manufacturers.
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