Brussels, 04/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Union des Producteurs Independents de Bananes Africaines (UPIBA) has welcomed the European Commission's proposal of setting a EUR 230 per tonne duty on bananas from Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, as part of the EU banana reform framework starting in 2006 (EUROPE 30 October p 13).
In a press statement, the UPIBA explained that this amount was well below the EUR 250-300 per tonne it had been calling for but said that it was an acceptable...