Spain: The Canary Islands Banana PGI obtains an exclusive EU tariff classification

Published 2023년 11월 6일

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The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Plátano de Canarias, which represents all banana production in the Canary Islands, will have a separate customs code within the European Union. This recognition of the differences between Plátano de Canarias and other bananas will begin to be applied in January 2024. The change is expected to benefit the banana sector in the Canary Islands by boosting exports and improving the perception of the European product.

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The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Plátano de Canarias, which encompasses 100% of the production in the archipelago, will from now on have a differentiated nomenclature within the customs code of the European Union. This has been reflected in the modification published last Tuesday in the Official Journal of the EU, where the combined nomenclature (NC) '0803 90 11 – Plátano de Canarias' has been introduced, thus recognizing the differences between the plantain produced in the archipelago and bananas. With this new exclusive combined nomenclature, which will begin to be applied as of January 1, 2024, the banana sector of the islands trusts that it can represent "another boost for the export and perception of the differentiated European product beyond the Spanish market," says the Association of Organizations of Banana Producers of the Canary Islands (Asprocan) in a statement. Until now there was a single combined nomenclature for all fresh bananas that enter the European ...

Source: Agrodiario