ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group

Acronym: ACP Sugar Group

General Information

Identification Code: 052002725608-03

Website: http://acpsugar.org

Entity Form: none

Registration Category: Trade and business associations

Registration Date: 1/26/2017

Last Update: 2/19/2024

Mission & Interests

Goals: The ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group is formed of representatives of sugar industries (both millers and growers) supplying ACP/LDC tariff free imports listed in Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2015/1550, plus South Africa. The Terms of Reference for the ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group include: = To develop an effective and coherent single voice for all members of the Group; = To coordinate Group views on EU market management methods and regulations and to be ready as requested to discuss these with the EC in concert with the ACP Ambassadorial Group in Brussels (OACPS); = To be the focal point for organizing as required the submission of information on supply data directly by members to the European Commission and to participate in meetings with the EC as required; = To support and advise the Organization of ACP States Secretariat (OACPS) in Brussels on matters related to sugar.

Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Interests:

Agriculture and rural development
Climate action
Competition
Customs
Enlargement
Environment
External relations
Food safety
International co-operation and development
Trade

Levels of Interest:

european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU sugar policy EU trade policy EU customs policy EU development policy ACP and LDC issues

Communication Activities: At a meeting at the High Commission of Jamaica, London, on 1 December 2015, the leaders of the ACP/LDC sugar industries renewed the terms of reference for the Group. The ACP/LDC sugar industries agreed that the group would continue its work in support of the OACPS Working Group on Sugar in Brussels. This was again confirmed in April 2019.

EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group EU Sugar Market Observatory#E03525#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3525 #MEMBER #C#Other

Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 62, South EndBassingbourn

Post Code: SG8 5NL

City: Royston

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 7768908347

EU Office

Address: 62, South EndBassingbourn

Post Code: SG8 5NL

City: Royston

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

Phone:

Indic Phone: 44

Phone Number: 7768908347

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Membership Information

Members25 Percent: 1

Members: 1

Members F T E: 0.25

Info Members: The Group is comprised of an Executive Chairman, who receives expenses, and an Executive Committee of around five persons (unpaid). The Executive Committee meets six times a year in person and/or as often as required by Zoom or Teams and email.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure

Is Member Of: The ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group potentially represents 18 countries’ sugar industries. These 18 countries are the most significant sugar producers in ACP and LDC countries and are therefore those who have the most at stake in preferential access to the EU27 and UK markets, and they include: Belize, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, eSwatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Our Group produces around 7 million tonnes in total each year, around 4% of global sugar production.

Organisation Members: The Group is mandated to advise ACP and LDC ambassadors to the EU and the UK. See https://www.oacps.org/