The International Sugar Agreements and similarly named agreements were a series of

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that attempted to establish an "orderly relationship between the supply and demand for sugar in the world market." They eventually established the International Sugar Organization.

Agreements

There have been a number of sugar aggrements: *1937 International Agreement regarding the Regulation of Production and Marketing of Sugar, and Protocol (

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, 6 May 1937) that established in Article 2 to "always to assure consumers of an adequate supply of sugar on the world market at a reasonable price not to exceed the cost of production, including a reasonable profit, of efficient producers". It established an International Sugar Council and set quotas for the International free market of sugar. *1942 - ''Protocol to enforce and to prolong the International Agreement regarding the Regulation of Production and Marketing of Sugar of 6 May 1937'' (London, 22 July 1942) a wartime treaty that extended the original agreement to 31 August 1944. *1944 - ''Protocol extending the Agreement regarding the Regulation of the Production and Marketing of Sugar of 6 May 1937'' (London, 31 August 1944) that again extended the agreement to 31 August 1945, and recognised the newly forming

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in setting global commodity policy. It also made parts of the original agreement inoperative, especially the quotas and other restrictions. *1945-1952 - The agreement was extended each year for another 12 months. The original agreement of 1937, as renewed, lapsed on 31 August 1953. *1953 - ''International Sugar Agreement'' (London, 1 October 1953) was signed similar to the 1937 agreement. *1956 - ''Protocol amending the International Sugar Agreement of 1 October 1953'' (London, 1 December 1956) established at the United Nations Sugar Conference of 1956 with minor amendments and a new quota. *1958 - ''International Sugar Agreement of 1958'' (London, 1 December 1958). *1963 - ''Protocol for the Prolongation of the International Sugar Agreement of 1 December 1958'' (London, 1 August 1963) established at the United Nations Sugar Conference, 1963. *1965 - ''Protocol for the Further Prolongation of the International Sugar Agreement of 1 December 1958'' (London, 1 November 1965). *1968 - ''International Sugar Agreement, 1968'' (

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, 3 December 1968) formulated at the

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also establishing the International Sugar Organization. *1976 - ''Extension of the International Sugar Agreement of 13 October 1973'' (London, 30 September 1975) *1977 - ''Further Extension of the International Sugar Agreement of 13 October 1973'' (London, 18 June 1976) *1978 - ''International Sugar Agreement, 1977'' (

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, 7 October 1977) *1984 - ''International Sugar Agreement, 1984'' (Geneva, 5 July 1984) *1987 - ''International Sugar Agreement, 1987'' (London, 11 September 1987)"International Sugar Agreement, 1987 (London, 11 September 1987) ATS 8 of 1988“
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