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Agritrade - Agriculture News Update: April 2011.
The ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
www.cta.int

ACP regional trade

• Jamaican agricultural trade policy reviewed under WTO
  TPR process

EPA negotiations: R Central Africa

• Central African EPA negotiations relaunched

EPA negotiations: Pacific configuration

• Trade negotiations process in Pacific up in the air

EU trade negotiations of relevance to ACP countries

• EU farmers release data on concerns over EU-Mercosur
  negotiations

CAP reform

• Divisions highlighted at last chance for ministerial
  inputs to EC CAP proposals
• Prospects for agricultural markets and income in EU
  report posted

WTO agreement on agriculture

• Agricultural market access remains at heart of WTO deal

Market access and market developments

• Making the GSP more secure

Food safety

• Improving information on food safety, SPS and
  quality-standard requirements

Banana sector

• Mozambique to begin banana exports to the EU

Beef sector

• Need for intensified dialogue of evolving food safety
  policy highlighted
• EC projections for EU beef markets

Cereals sector

• Authorities in Senegal reduce prices of basic
  necessities
• EC projections for EU cereals markets

Cocoa sector

• Côte d’Ivoire cocoa export
  ban continues

Coffee sector

• Inequalities in supply chain hold back transmission of
  high prices to producers in Kenya
• Market diversification is key to price premiums for
  Blue Mountain coffee

Cotton sector

• WAEMU cotton initiative launched

Dairy sector

• EC projections for EU dairy markets

Oil crops sector

• EC projections for EU oilseed markets

Poultry sector

• EC projections for EU poultry markets

Sugar sector

• ‘Algorithmic traders’ blamed for sugar price volatility
• High world prices create supply problems on EU market,
  while ACP production trends vary
• Turbulent times on world sugar markets trouble EU sugar
  sector

Tea sector

• East Africa tea sector faces variable trends

Link: http://agritrade.cta.int/index.php/en/content/view/full/5450

Added by CTA Agritrade on April 14, 2011