Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) for Ghana

29.05.2023

In 2010, the Commission adopted the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM), a support package for 10 banana-exporting countries from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states.

 

The BAM funding was part of the 2009 Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas, with which the European Union concluded a deal with Latin American countries and the US, settling 15 years of banana disputes. The agreement implies cuts in the EU-tariff for bananas imported from Latin American countries, increasing competition for African and Caribbean banana exporting countries. BAM supports these African and Caribbean countries in remaining competitive.

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