According to a recent report by the Banana Marketing and Export Association, Acorbanec, Ecuador exported a total of 273.03 million boxes of bananas from January to September 2023, i.e. 6.41% more than in the same period of 2022.
Exports to the European Union increased by 19.99%, exports to Russia by 4.86%, and exports to the United States by 5.36%.
Meanwhile, exports to the Middle East fell by 8.43%, to the Southern Cone by 0.13%, to Eastern Europe by 43.32% mainly because of the drastic reduction in exports to Ukraine due to the conflict with Russia), to the EFTA by 10.82%, and to Canada by 83.03%.
Source: expreso.ec