Ecuador represents 32 percent of world banana trade

The report of the foreign service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows the importance of bananas in Ecuador at the world level.

 Ecuador’s banana sector represented almost 61 percent of Ecuador’s agricultural GDP (US$ 1.9 billion) in 2009 and has consistently been Ecuador’s major exporting product after petroleum.

According to local industry sources, these figures represents 32 percent of world banana trade.

Investments in the production area have reached an estimated US$ 4 billion between area planted, infrastructure, packing facilities, and ports.
 

source : usda foreign agricultural service