The price of bananas is expected to jump temporarily after Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Far North Queensland's crops. Queensland is responsible for approximately 94 per cent of Australia's banana production, the majority of which is grown in Far North Queensland. Economists and fruit sellers are forecasting a rise in the price of of the popular fruit after the wild weather levelled almost a third of the country's crops. Queensland is responsible for the majority of Australia's banana crops.(iStock) Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Queensland banana crops.(Nine) READ MORE: