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Parliamentary question - E-001117/2022(ASW)Parliamentary question
E-001117/2022(ASW)
European Parliament

Answer given by Mr Wojciechowski on behalf of the European Commission

8.7.2022

Written question

The Commission monitors trends in prices, domestic production and trade in sucrose (white sugar, CN 1701) and production of isoglucose (CN 1702). Data is shared with the delegates of the common market Organisation Committee for arable crops and olive oil on a monthly basis and published online[1].

Trade data, on the basis of which import and export trends can be established, can be extracted via Comext by using CN codes of the sugar and sweeteners[2], which can be found in the Combined Nomenclature[3].

Some commodities can only be found under the 10-digit TARIC (integrated tariff of the EU) codes. It should be noted that, for legal reasons, only data on sweeteners with 8-digit codes can be extracted by the wider public. Data on sweeteners with 10-digit codes can only be shared amongst the European institutions in a confidential manner.

Data on domestic production of sweeteners[4] — including sugar alcohols (also known as polyhydric alcohols or polyols) such as isomalt (E 953) — can be found via Prodcom[5].

Production data is collected and disseminated according to the Prodcom list classification for industrial production statistics[6]. If available, a correspondence between the Prodcom list headings and the CN commodities is provided via Eurostat’s CN search engine[7] (from the ‘classify’ button).

Data on market prices of sweeteners is not available. On the basis of the trade data, the unit value could be established.

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