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<p>Colombia, Peru, Panama and the region of Central America have recently negotiated
access to the EU sugar market through their Free Trade Agreements.</p><p>UK sugar
cane refiners also benefit from duty free access to sugar imports from Least Developed
Countries under the Everything But Arms Agreement (EBA) and the EU’s Economic Partnership
Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. From 2009 these agreements
have increased the quantity of cane sugar which can be imported duty-free.</p><p>EPA
negotiations between the EU and Southern Africa were recently concluded and we expect
this EPA to provide UK sugar cane refiners with improved access to cane sugar from
Swaziland and South Africa. In addition, the recently negotiated EU-Fiji EPA should
also allow UK firms to continue to buy duty-free Fijian cane sugar.</p>
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