Question 5932 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Max Mathiasin draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the situation of the cane-sugar sector in Guadeloupe. On this territory, only two small sugar factories remain. The previous government took measures, endorsed by the European Union, with the aim of partially compensating for the structural handicaps linked to ultra-peripherality and small size, compared to the European sweets. Today, several factors, such as the end of sugar quotas in Europe since October 1, 2017, are seriously disrupting the global brown sugar market, which has seen its prices fall by almost a third in euros in the space of twelve months. The cane-sugar sector is a pillar of agriculture and, more generally, of the Guadeloupean economy; preserving and developing it is fundamental for the future of the territory, whether either for employment, direct and indirect, tourism, regional planning or the production of renewable energy. He asks what measures are being considered to enable the cane-sugar sector (millers and planters) to get through this difficult period and ensure its sustainability.

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