Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 17811

Bananas: Overseas Trade

Tabled: 10 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

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Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

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

Chris Elmore

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...

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