date:Nov 18, 2013
European banana producers reported that the ever-increasing presence of bananas from third countries in the EU market is putting their livelihood at risk.
In a meeting of the Association of European Banana Producers (APEB) held on 12 and 13 November in Brussels with the Association of Producer Organisations of Bananas from the Canary Islands (ASPROCAN), EU producers declared that the sector is suffering severely as a result of the gradual tariff reduction process being applied to banana imports