A total 60,500 tonnes of current serieswhite sugar received export rebates of a maximum 44.819
European Currency Units (Ecus) per 100 kilos at today's
European Community (EC) tender, the U.K. Intervention Board
said.
    Out of this, traders in France received 18,000 tonnes, in
Denmark 15,000, in West Germany 12,250, in the Netherlands
12,000 and in Belgium 3,250 tonnes, it added.
    Earlier today, London traders had expected the subsidy for
the current season whites campaign for licences to end-Aug to
be between 44.10 and 44.50 Ecus per 100 kilos.
    Traders had also forecast today's total authorised sugar
tonnage export awards to be between 60,000 and 70,000 tonnes
versus 71,000 last week when the restitution was 43.248 Ecus.
    Cumulative export authorisations for the current 1986/87
season now stand at 1,915,270 tonnes (40 weeks).
 REUTER
