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by rsynnott 1877 days ago
Most African companies have quota-free duty-free trade with the EU for practically everything.

Food safety is an issue for meat, but Europe imports enormous quantities of fruit and vegetables from Africa (including avocados).
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cigaser 1877 days ago
In 2019 EU imported 11.3 billion eur worth of food from Africa, mostly tobacco, cocoa beans etc.. Citrus was only 0.5 billion eur. In overall EU food imports it is only 10%. We also exported 9 billion worth of food to Africa.

Hardly enourmous, given Africa agricultural potential and production.

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29athrowaway 1876 days ago
The problem with agriculture in Africa is that the seasonality is pretty bad. Instead of 4 seasons you have the really wet season and the really dry season. The insects truly suck too.

This is why Europeans settlers failed to colonize Africa, except for the southernmost part.

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