MADRID, July 28 (Xinhua) - Spain has rejected the agreement reached by the European Union (EU) and Latin American banana producers on reducing EU import duty on the fruit.

    According to reports from Geneva, Spanish Rural Environment Minister Josep Puxeu told reporters Monday that Spain would support high duty on Latin American bananas for "as long as possible."

    According to the compromise reached on Sunday between negotiators from both regions, the EU would reduce the duty per ton on Latin American banana from the current 176 euros (about 276U.S. dollars) to 114 euros (179 dollars) in 2016.

    The EU and Latin America reached this agreement during the ongoing Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Geneva, being attended by some 30 countries.

    Puxeu said that the agreement on banana trade reached by the EU and Latin America is not definitive because the European negotiators were yet to inform the Ministers' Council of the 27 EU member states about the contents of the document.

    Banana producing countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) group also rejected the EU-Latin America agreement.

    The EU does not charge import tariffs on banana from the ACP, which Latin American producers say places them at a disadvantage.