Question follow-through · 17811

Bananas: Overseas Trade

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

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
10 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    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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