Press Release: Promotion of EU agricultural products outside the EU

The European Commission has approved measures to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products in third countries. Member States submitted 28 programmes to the Commission to be examined. The 10 programmes that have been accepted are from Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal. They are targeted at the USA, Canada, India, Japan and China. The products covered are wine, fruit, meat, dairy products, olive oil and organic products. The EU contribution is € 9.1 million (50% of the total budget of the programmes).