SUGAR OFFERED TO DUTCH INTERVENTION REFUSED The 2,500 tonnes of sugar offered to intervention in the Netherlands has been refused by the intervention board because of wrong packaging, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Agriculture said. She said the sugar could be offered again to intervention. EC producers have threatened to sell over 800,000 tonnes of sugar to intervention stocks as a protest against EC export licensing policies. Last month Dutch traders said the sugar on offer in the Netherlands was Belgian, but the ministry could not confirm this.