date:Mar 23, 2021
There was a substantial growth in Indian banana exports, both in volume and in value terms in the past three financial years. Importing countries have been preferring bananas over grapes, mangoes or apples in the fresh fruit basket.
Between 2017-18 and 2019-20, the fresh banana exports saw a growth of 93.94 per cent in terms of quantity, and 72.22 per cent in terms of value. The country exported 195,000 tonnes of fresh bananas valued at $93 million in 2019-20, against 102,000 tonnes valued at $