Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sugar and Tropical Foodstuffs and Successors (CW Series): Registered Files

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Reference: MAF 427
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Sugar and Tropical Foodstuffs and Successors (CW Series): Registered Files
Description:

Files relating to policy on international trade in tropical foodstuffs, including tea, coffee, cocoa and fresh fruit (excluding citrus fruits).
Date: 1964-1986
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CW file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, European Union International Division, 2001-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Sugar and Tropical Foodstuffs Division, 1968-1972

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Trade Policy and Tropical Foods Division, 1992-2001

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tropical Foods Division, 1973-1992
Physical description: 14 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Selection and destruction information: Selected under Acquisition Policy sections 2.2.1.2 Management of the Economy and 2.2.1.3 External Relations.
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Sugar and Tropical Foodstuffs Division was established in 1968. It was responsible for the formulation of general policy on international commodity agreements. This included the international coffee and tea agreements, and trade policy on tropical foodstuffs (excluding citrus products).

In 1973 these functions passed to the Tropical Foods Division which itself became part of the Trade Policy and Tropical Foods Division in 1992. This division was wound up in 2001 following the creation of the new Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and responsibilities for the operational functions went to the Trade Policy Unit of the European Union International Division.

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