Bananas are Costa Rica’s single most important agricultural export worth over $900 million in exports annually, according to PROCOMER. Jorge Sauma, general manager of the National Banana Corporation , ...

FAO says PH remained world’s 3rd-largest banana exporter in 2024, despite TR4 disease and falling exports to China and Japan ...

Costa Rica has come a long way since it was a literal banana republic — a country whose economy was dominated by the fruit and dictated by ... the nation’s biggest export isn’t bananas. It’s not even ...

Costa Rica banana producers association, Corbana, has reported strong growth in a number of its key European markets, with global export figures reaching an all-time high. Export volumes rose over ...

"Banana plantations are big business in Costa Rica, which exports an estimated 1.8 million tonnes per year; 10% of the global total," said author Paul Grant from Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Exports of bananas in 2014 in US dollars: $721.4 million. 5. Colombia. Exports of bananas in 2014 in US dollars: $835.5 million. 4. Costa Rica. Exports of bananas in 2014 in US dollars: $907.7 ...

The humble banana is under attack by a disease that is spreading around the globe, and threatening Latin America's all-important export industry. The industry is so worried about it, that it moved ...

The Philippines hung by a thread as it remained as the world’s third largest banana exporter amid stiffer competition posed ...

TOKYO, March 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- From March 11-14, Costa Rica showcased the best of its food industry at the 50th edition of FOODEX JAPAN, one of Asia's most prestigious food and beverage trade ...