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Factors contributing to the growth of Ecuador’s banana sector The performance of Ecuadors banana sector has allowed the country to be the worlds leading exporter of this fruit. In addition, the country achieved a 19% growth in exports between 2016 and 2020. What are the keys to the success and constant growth of this industry? In recent years, real average prices were above the prices decreed by the central government. This has led to an increase in new plantings and to the renewal or mainten...

Six reasons why the Ecuadorian banana sector is growing The factors that have contributed to this performance are in particular the new plantings of the fruit, which brought about 8,000 hectares into production last year, and the increased demand for Ecuadorian fruit in the  European Union, Eastern Europe and the Middle East . However, there are other aspects of the industry to consider, the large number of exporting companies, the legalization of new plantings, the infrastructure and the pri...

Del Monte, Chiquita, and Dole offer to pay up to an additional $2 per box of bananas The drop in the available volumes of bananas, due to the strong impact of the hurricanes that hit Central America had on the sectors production, has forced the worlds largest multinationals -Dole, Del Monte Fresh, and Chiquita- to increase the purchase price of the box of bananas. Today, the value of the spot box in Ecuador stands at 7.30 on average, but these three companies that sell their bananas all over th...