![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWII4OXUAALrg7.jpg)
(Also I think he's confused between metric tonnes and imperial tons)
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWJ1JwWsAA4T1D.jpg)
Historically it helped British shipping companies with links to Caribbean colonial/Commonwealth trade.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWKkr1WAAABq1D.jpg)
And it explains why the UK supported the EU banana trade rules giving preferences for African and Caribbean countries, when they were adopted in 1993.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWM1O0X4AAm619.jpg)
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWNih8WkAMHvNJ.jpg)
But it's still important for those countries.
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWOj-zWsAE7tOB.jpg)
![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdWQSbxWkAEP8DX.jpg)