172In any event, it is clear from the Eurostat statistics that at the time when the contested regulation was adopted imports of sugar qualifying for EC/OCT cumulation of origin were higher than at the time when Regulation No 2423/1999 was adopted, which casts doubt on the effectiveness of the measure introduced by the latter regulation, that is to say, a minimum import price for the product concerned.
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