Italy seeks to halt EU imports of duty-free Cambodian rice: report

13 June 2014
The Cambodia Herald
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / European Union aid / Exports / Government / International relations / Rice / Trade / Trade policy and regulation
Brussels / European Union aid / Italy

Italy plans to lobby the European Union to halt duty-free imports of rice from Cambodia to protect local rice growers and millers, an industry source says. In a report Thursday, oryza.com said Italy was preparing to submit a report to Brussels saying that Cambodian rice was making Italian rice uncompetitive. ...

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