International Sugar Organization

The International Sugar Organization (ISO) is the unique inter­governmental body dedicated to improving conditions on the world sugar market through debate, analysis, special studies and transparent statistics.

Based in London, the 63 member states of the ISO (ISO Member States: Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Cote-d'lvoire, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Egypt, EU, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ja­maica, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Rep. Of Latvia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mex­ico, Moldova, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe) represent (based on data for 2002) 80% of world sugar production, 63% of world sugar con­sumption, 91% of world exports, 35% of world imports.

The ISO exists to administer the internationally negotiated 1992 International Sugar Agreement (ISA), the objectives of which are:

• to ensure enhanced international cooperation in connection with world sugar matters and related issues.

• to provide a forum for intergovernmental consultations on sugar and on ways to improve the world sugar economy.

• to facilitate trade by collecting and providing information on the world sugar market and other sweeteners.

• to encourage increased demand for sugar, particularly for non-traditional uses.

To fulfil these objectives the ISO undertakes many distinct activi­ties.

The ISO is the only worldwide forum for the exchange of views by major producing, consuming and trading countries at an intergovern­mental level. Council sessions, held twice a year in May and November, afford the opportunity for policy issues to be debated at a multi-lateral level.

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The ISO contributes significantly to improved market transpar­ency through its long established and widely recognized statistical and analytical activities. The Market Evaluation, Consumption & Statistics Committee (MECAS), also meeting twice a year, allows a serious and in depth debate of the short term market perspective based on the ISO Sec­retariat's independent view, longer term perspectives and studies carried out by the Secretariat and others of issues and problems of common inter­est to members.

The ISO holds annual seminars with the objective of increasing knowledge and understanding of the sugar market and related problems. The ISO holds Workshops on subjects of special interest and importance to the sugar world.

As the designated International Commodity Body (ICB) for sugar for the Amsterdam based Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the ISO is uniquely able to formulate and sponsor projects from developing countries and countries in transition seeking finance from the first and second accounts of the CFC,

The ISO will continue to expand its activities. Expanding from its traditional areas of sugar statistics, short and long term forecasting and market analysis, the ISO is tackling issues like sugar and health, sugar and the environment, fortification of sugar with Vitamin A, Organic Sugar and the promotion of sugar. Product coverage has been expanded to deal with related or associated products like alcohol, molasses and alternative sweeteners, both calorific and non-calorific. The ISO is active in prepar­ing its members for the next round of WTO negotiations, through com­prehensive studies, and is cooperating with the World Bank on its Task Force on Commodity Risk Management.

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