date:Sep 18, 2019
The Banana Marketing and Export Association (Acorbanec) stated that 29.44% of the more than 213 million boxes that Ecuador exported between January and July 2019 were sent to the European Union (EU); 20.85% to Russia; 14.17% to the Middle East; 10.93% to the United States; and 8.52% to East Asia and other markets.
Richard Salazar, representative of Acorbanec, said that banana exports to the EU were decreased by 12.84% during the first seven months of the year because countries like Italy, Germa