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Chiquita made an evaluation of the country potential
Ethiopia
Friday 12 March 2010
NAD
Chiquita wishes a new zone of production to feed the market of the Middle East.
According to local organizations for the improvement of the banana culture, Chiquita International Brand made a visit in order to estimate the potential of the country.
The meetings have been numerous with the producers and with the representatives of the administration, which were mainly centred on the quality production.
Chiquita wishes to find a new zone of production to feed the market of the Middle East. At present, they are provided bananas from Latin America and from the West Africa. So the freight costs for the Middle East would be lesser if bananas were exported from Ethiopia.
The country produces approximately 200.000 tons of bananas a year, and exports fruits and vegetables in the Middle East and in Europe.
source : nazret com
