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Article: EU/US: EU HITS BACK ON CORN GLUTEN FEED
- Article from:
- European Report
- Article date:
- July 29, 1998
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Summary: In a move intended to avenge aggressive tariff policies on cereal starch on the part of the United States, the European Commission is due to vote on adopting a retaliatory tariff on July 29. According to the draft Regulation, the tariff would be set at ECU 5 per tonne on a quota of 2.73 million tonnes of corn gluten feed imported from the US. The product, used widely in animal feed rations, has been imported tariff-free for 30 years. The restrictions will come into effect on June 1, 2001 at the latest.
Corn gluten feed is a cereal substitute made mainly in the US from residues of corn (maize) cobs processed for starch. Around 6 million tonnes of this product ...