HARDminute factoid # 58 BANANAS

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TOP TEN
BANANA PRODUCERS & EXPORTERS

Top Banana Producing Nations

India ... 16.8 million metric tonnes
Brazil ... 6.7
China ... 6.4
Ecuador ... 5.9
Philippines ... 5.8
Indonesia ... 4.5
Costa Rica ... 2
Mexico & Thailand ... 2.0 each
10 Colombia & Burundi ... 1.6 each

From 10% to 15% of global banana crops are exported.

Top Banana Exporting Nations
Ecuador ... 4.7 million metric tonnes (+2.6% from 2004)
Philippines ... 1.9 (+6.0%)
Costa Rica ... 1.6 (-11.1%)
Colombia ... 1.5 (+7.4%)
Guatemala ... 1.1 (+6.7%)
Honduras ... 0.51 (-3.8%)
Panama ... 0.36 (-10%)
Cameroon ... 0.26 (-12.7%)
Brazil ... 0.21 (+12.7%)
Cote d'Ivoire ... 0.21 (-7.9%)

Four countries (Ecuador, Philippines, Costa Rica and Colombia) generate almost three-quarters of world banana exports.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ecuador alone exports more than one-third of international banana exports.
The dominant banana importers are European countries (29.2%), U.S. (27.5%), Japan (8.2%), Russia (7.9%) and Canada (3.5%).
Read more: http://internationaltrade.suite101.com/article.cfm/top_ten_banana_countries#ixzz0SSX3TH2D

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