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Bananas: Overseas Trade

2026-07-09 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · 17811 · Official question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in Ghana, Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire on the proposed cost of living tariff suspensions on fresh bananas and their po

Answer

On 27th May, HM Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) launched a four-week stakeholder consultation on a proposal to suspend tariffs on a package of agri-food products, including bananas. As part of that Call for Input, officials from t...