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"en.20050308.23.2-281"2
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I agree that the agricultural policy of the European Communities was for a long time an obstacle to world trade, but since 1992 a successful reform of the common agricultural policy has remarkably changed the situation.
The most recent agricultural reform packages adopted by the agriculture ministers in 2003 and 2004 have to a large extent eliminated the trade-distorting nature of the common agricultural policy and contributed to more market-oriented agricultural trade.
EU trade statistics show that EU agricultural imports from the developing countries totalled more than EUR 37 billion in 2003. That is more or less equal to the combined imports of the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The European Union alone absorbs 85% of total agricultural exports from Africa and 45% of total agricultural exports from Latin America.
In the Doha negotiations, the EU committed itself to a substantial reduction in trade-distorting subsidies, eliminating export refunds and offering improved market access.
For the benefit of the poorest or less developed countries, the European Community, as well as other major agricultural producers, should introduce similar reforms. The EU makes efforts to persuade other countries to provide quota-free and duty-free market access for agricultural products for less developed countries."@en1
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