SA Sugar Producers Seek Interim EU Trade Pact

South African sugar producers are seeking an interim duty-free export deal for sugar to the European Union (EU) as talks for a quota and tariff-free access into the bloc continue, an industry official said.

The EU, South Africa's largest trading partner, unveiled a new trade regime last year that allowed the world's poorest countries quota and tariff-free access into the market.

South Africa, the continent's biggest economy, is not regarded as a least developed country and consequently does not benefit from the European Union regulation.

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