Press Release: EU to maintain suspension of import duties on cereals

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, announced that the suspension of cereal import duties will remain in force for the next marketing year - which will end on June 30, 2009 – unless market conditions justify their reintroduction before that date. The proposal, which was put to the Management Committee for cereals on 13 June, 2008, was a reaction to the continuing tight situation on the cereals markets and the resulting high price levels. At the same time, there are no export refunds on cereal exports.