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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8876

28 January 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade/bananas
Latin American producer countries unite to reject level of custom duties proposed by EU

Brussels, 27/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - Leaders from Latina American banana producing countries said on Wednesday that the level of customs duties (EUR 230 per tonne) the European Union was proposing for production in 2006, was “unacceptable”. Presidents from Equator, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Guatemala, as well as the Honduran minister of foreign affairs met in Quito, Equator, to adopt a common position that took to the offensive on this issue. In the Quito Summit's final...

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