Launch of the Hamburg-Columbia Banana AG
The Hamburg-Columbia Banana AG was founded in 1910 and even back then had already bought a 500.000 Mark license to buy Columbian territory.

The Hamburg-Columbia Banana AG was founded in 1910 and even back then had already bought a 500.000 Mark license to buy Columbian territory.
In Hamburg and Bremen bananas from Brazil, Cameroon, the Caribbeans and West Indiea were imported and spread in Europe.
The largest exporter of banana, globally seen, is because of it's exceptional location, Ecuador.
The second largest income source in Costa Rica is still the banana cultivation on the Caribbean island.
1870 the first 160 shrubs of banana were imported from Jamaica to New Jersey and re-sold with a great profit.
By arranging the duty-free banana export, Adenauer made the banana a bulk article in Germany.
The largest importers of bananas from the Canaries are the Balearic Islands, Spain and Portugaland, so thus maintain many jobs.