UK banana wars reignited Press reports indicate a relaunch of the banana ‘retail price wars’ among UK supermarkets, with Asda cutting ‘the price of 1kg of loose bananas fro... 25/10/2011
Growing competition in differentiated product markets With US$200 million in exports of organic bananas expected this year, the Dominican Republic continues to be the world leader in the international... 06/10/2011
Perspectives for ACP banana producers as EU banana market price collapses Between June and August 2011, EU banana prices collapsed, with bananas ‘being sold for as little as 1 to 3 dollars (fob) in Ecuador’. A Fyffes repr... 06/09/2011
New EU trade agreements entering into force On 1 July 2011 the EU–South Korea FTA agreement entered into force. This agreement has been described by EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht as ‘t... 06/09/2011
First EPA implementation meeting held in Caribbean The first meeting of the Trade and Development Committee established under the CARIFORUM–EU EPA was held in Barbados on 9 June 2011. The focus of t... 09/08/2011
Review of the implications of the EU’s evolving banana regime A European Parliament research report on the implications of recent changes in the EU banana regime has been published. The report starts by review... 05/07/2011
Organic markets increasingly targeted by Latin American banana exporters Press reports indicate that Peru is expanding its exports of organic bananas, with a 30% increase in volume in the first two months of 2011 compare... 10/06/2011
New banana realities pose challenges for EU and Caribbean island producers While banana producers from the Spanish Canary Islands are reported in the Spanish press as complaining of a 40% loss on every kilo of banana produ... 10/06/2011
Mozambique to begin banana exports to the EU A Mozambican company, which has developed banana production in association with Chiquita, plans to start exporting bananas to the EU market, once g... 03/04/2011
Latin American producers manoeuvre to secure price advantages According to press reports, Costa Rica is now the second Latin American country to secure geographical designation of origin for its banana product... 01/03/2011