Review of the UK’s Cane Sugar Autonomous Tariff Quota and related considerations – consultation response May 2024

What is your assessment of the probability of re-occurrences of the volatility seen in the 2022 / 2023 sugar marketing year within the UK sugar market particularly in regard to supply shocks and prices? N/A Some of the following questions will ask for your views on shortfalls in UK sugar supply from UK / EU sugar beet production during the sugar marketing year. [...] In order for the government to have coherent and congruous policy, it is essential to recognise that there is not a shortfall, but a long-standing oversupply of sugar in the UK, based on the nutritional needs and health of the population and the environment. [...] The high level of raw cane imports since the introduction of the Australia FTA in 2023 suggest that the volumes of the FTA and ATQ together facilitated an increase in the supply of sugar to the UK, which has implications for public health discussed in the next question. [...] In order for the government to have coherent and congruous policy, it is essential to recognise that there is not a shortfall, but a long-standing oversupply of sugar in the UK, based on the nutritional needs and health of the population and the environment. [...] For any potential impact on you, what mitigations would you consider if the Government was to: remove the raw cane sugar ATQ; decrease the volume of the raw cane sugar ATQ; maintain the same volume of the raw cane sugar ATQ; or increase the volume of the raw cane sugar ATQ.