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Global banana purchases grew by 6.3% in 4 years
All countries
Thursday 15 March 2018
FJ
The TOP 15 countries bought 79.4% of world banana imports in 2016.
According to industry analysts, global purchases of imported bananas totaled $14 billion in 2016. This amount for all importing countries shows an increase in value of 6.3% since 2012.
With regard to destination markets, European countries accounted for the largest share of import value in 2016 with purchases valued at $ 7.8 billion, or 55.4% of the world total. The North American market accounted for 21.7% and the Asian market 19.2%. The African market 0.7% and Oceania 0.5%.
The TOP 15 according to the value of bananas imported in 2016: United States $2.6 billion (18.8% of total banana imports), Belgium $1.2 billion (8.8%), Russia $999.2 million (7.1%), Germany $992.3 million (7.1%), Japan $923.5 million (6.6%), United Kingdom $831.4 million (5.9%), China $585.5 million (4.2%), Netherlands $516.5 million (3.7%), Italy $492.8 million (3.5%), France $455.6 million (3.3%) %), Canada $409.4 million (2.9%), South Korea $328.4 million (2.3%), Saudi Arabia $263, 5 million (1.9%), Poland $249.4 million (1.8%), Argentina $210.2 million (1.5%).
source worldstopexports.com
