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Canning lobby pressure Kovács

The Hungarian Association of the Canning Industry along with European canning companies want to turn to László Kovács EU commissioner responsible for tax issues to lobby against the EU's planned measures to lift customs on Thai canned corn by 3.5% in the near future. The measure would adversely effect the Hungarian canning industry, 50% of output being made up of corn caning, said József Galambos, secretary of the Hungarian association. If the EU eased customs on Thai corn, Hungary's canning production could decrease by as much as 100 million cans next year. (Vg 1) R.G.