banana producers

[niftyfeet]

which country is europe's largest producer of bananas?

[sft42]

As far as I can see there is no major grower of Bananas in europe....the large majority of bananas are grown in ther caribbean.

The humble banana nearly sparked off a major trade war a few years ago...if you interested this link will give you plenty of info http://www.guardian.co.uk/banana/Story/0,2763,2085
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[beagle1]

I think you will find it may be Portugual or Spain. Both have offshore islands in the Atlantic which are warmer and grow lots of 'nanas - Madeira is Portuguese and the Canary islands (Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria) are Spanish. Both export to the rest of Europe under favourable EU export arrangements - it caused quite a stir with the Carribean producers particularly in UK, who got upset about their UK market being hijacked.

[archbishop]

Cyprus also grow lots but are on the small side.