CIBE defends and represents the interests of beet growers vis-à-vis European Institutions and international organisations since 1927.

CIBE is composed of national and regional associations from 18 European beet-producing countries.

These include 140,000 growers from 16 EU countries (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, the United Kingdom) and roughly 130,000 growers from 2 non-EU countries (Turkey and Switzerland).

CIBE facilitates contact between Members and provides platforms for information, analyses an exchanges