About: sugar quotas

EU sugar companies struggle to survive as prices plunge post-quotas
European Union sugar companies have emerged from the cocoon of production quotas and are now fighting to survive in a fiercely competitive world market with prices and profits plunging.
A sticky matter: Sugar molasses dent EU’s ambitions on advanced biofuels
Sugar molasses, which the European Commission sees as "advanced" biofuel, present many of the same problems as conventional biofuels – including a potential increase in food prices and land competition for food production. But their definition as biofuels keeps the sugar industry happy, EURACTIV.com has learned.
EU sugar glut, tariff sour the cane versus beet contest
A sugar glut in Europe threatens the closure of some cane refineries and drives a deeper wedge between winners and losers in a sharply divided industry.