TRANSPORTATION AID WILL BE FROM 50 PERCENT.

The banana produced in the Canary Islands is pending publication of the order for incorporation into the compensation regime for the transport of goods to and from the Canary Islands., whose application will be retroactive to the 1 in January of 2011.

This order, which is from the Ministry of Development, will allow bananas to be a beneficiary of aid for the transport of goods destined for the Peninsula, the almost only market that has the island banana. This fulfills the central government's promise to provide local producers with this aid., because it is paid in full by the State.

The rule for including bananas in transport aid will establish that applications corresponding to the first quarter of 2011 They can be done in the period provided for in the Royal Decree 170/2009 and for those of the second trimester, of the 1 to the 20 of July.

Thanks to this support from the Government of Spain, Banana growers can save on maritime transport costs to the Peninsula. 12 million euros per year, according to calculations by the state administration itself.

Both the APEB and ASPROCAN have positively valued this agreement despite it not being finalized in the 65% just as the Canary Islands producing associations demanded.