Europe largest banana importer worldwide
For nearly 20 years there was a dispute concerning EU import rights on bananas from Latin American countries. A 2009 agreement put the issue to rest. In November 2012, at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, the trade dispute was officially solved. In the EU, tariffs on Latin American bananas are gradually reduced - from 148 Euro per ton in 2009 and 132 Euro per ton in the current year, to 114 Euro in 2017.