ACCRA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) which placed a ban on vegetable exports from Ghana is likely to re-assess its decision by the end of this year, an official told local media here Thursday.
Eric Amoako Twum, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), told the state-run Ghana News Agency (GNA) the EU would take a second look at the packaging, quality, information, standards and other key areas of the products.
Twum was speaking to the GNA in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Regional capital, some 400 km north of the national capital, during a meeting on the implementation of Ghana's National Export Strategy and the One - District-One-Exportable-Product policy.
District chief executives, coordinating directors and other stakeholders in the export sector attended the meeting organized by the GEPA to identify new export products in the various districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region.
The EU placed a ban on exports of some vegetables from Ghana into the European market over some concerns such as quality and poor packaging of the products.
In spite of the above concerns, Twum advised vegetable farmers not to worry but work hard to increase productivity, saying the government was working out modalities with the EU to lift the ban.
Twum indicated that the export sector held bright prospects for transforming the nation's economy, particularly in the Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) sector to provide jobs for the youth.
