FIJI: EU to withold sugar subsidy

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Updated August 22, 2007 16:22:53

Fiji's interim government denies claims that the EU will not be paying sugar subsidies in 2007. Radio Australia has been told by reliable sources the EU will not be providing subsidies worth around 30 million dollars US for this year's crop, and subsidy payments for 2008 and 2009 are at risk.

Presenter: Campbell Cooney, Pacific Correspondent
Speakers: Bala Dass, General Secretary of the Fiji Sugar Growers Association report.

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