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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9955

5 August 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecuador
Commission responds to Ecuador on banana tariff

Brussels, 04/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - Ecuadorian authorities have confirmed that they have received a reply to their letter calling for a reduction in the tariff imposed on the import of bananas into the EU. This tariff currently stands at €176 per tonne, and Ecuador wants to see the commitment to reduce this tariff, given by the Commission in 2006, made real.

In a letter sent to Fander Falconi, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner responds to the Ecuadorian letter of...