Claim: The EU puts a 30% tariff on cocoa from Africa.
Fact-check: The EU doesn't have a 30% tariff on African cocoa imports - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. the maximum tariff on processed cocoa is 9.6%. the vast majority of african countries can export all cocoa products to the eu tariff-free due to various schemes they're part of.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2019-08-27T00:00:00