Mr. Guillermo Guerra and Wilfredo Velazquez, executives of the banana company Agroindustria Los Lagos, said that the 55,000 tonnes banana quota fixed by the European Union is insufficient. “55,000 tonnes is only 50 percent of the total banana production of the country,” said Mr. Velazquez. He added that their total crop is sold to Chiquita International, which ships them from the ports of Manzanillo and Haina. Their comments were published in the specialist magazine, Fersan Informa, published by the fertilizer company Fersan.