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Mexico Wants to Export More Bananas to Europe

Producers from the state of Tabasco want to eliminate the tariffs that apply to the entry of this fruit into the European Union, its main export market, which is even greater than the United States.

Friday, November 10, 2017

From a report by PROCOMER in Costa Rica:

Tabasco is one of the main banana producing states in Mexico and it is aiming to eliminate tariffs that apply to this fruit when entering the European Union (EU), since it is its market par excellence, even ahead of the United States.

See also: "The agricultural products that Central America exports"

In the view of producers from this State it is important that during the renegotiations of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Mexico (TLCUEM) their request be taken into account because this market represents around 70% of their total exports, reported Adrián Prats, representative of the Banana Product System nationwide.

Read full release (in Spanish).

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