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Information on international fruits market and more particularly on
bananas, citrus fruits as well as other tropical fruit and vegetable
products are updated on a regular basis within the framework of a partnership
established with the "Centre de Coopération Internationale
en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement" (Cirad).
We would like to thank Mr. Denis Loeillet, FruiTrop editor, who graciously
agreed to make this monthly report available to Infocomm. For further
information, please refer to the Cirad
Internet website.

Site
Map
| Characteristics |
Description and technical characteristics
Origin and history |
| Crop |
Banana harvest |
| Quality |
Banana quality standards
Organic and fair trade bananas
Environmental and social issues links
|
| Uses |
Food consumption
Exotic/ethnic bananas in export markets
Processed banana food products
|
| Market |
Banana Production
Banana Exports
Banana Imports
Banana Trade Patterns |
| Marketing chain |
Banana marketing chain |
| Companies |
Banana companies |
| Technology |
Research and Development
Posthaverst technology-Handling, transport and ripening |
| Prices |
Banana Terms of Trade
Retail prices
Banana production costs
Banana price links |
| Economic Policies |
International banana market access
The EU Banana Regime and the WTO Dispute Settlement
International cooperation on bananas
Exporting countries national policies |

Selected
Sources of Statistics
FAOSTAT Database
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics
UNCTAD Trains
UNCTAD
Commodity Price Bulletin
Ecuador,
SICA
INIBAP
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,
Ecuador
Augura, Colombia
Agrocadenas Colombia
Costa
Rica, Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política
Económica (MIDEPLAN)
Infoagro, Sistema de Información
del Sector Agropecuario Costarricense, Banana Statistics
Viceministerio
de Comercio Exterior, Panama
St.
Lucian Statistics
EU-ACP Statistical Analysis
Philippines National
Statistics Coordination Board
Philippines
Department of Agriculture
Gobierno
de Canarias. Producción y destino
Instituto Canario de Estadística
Hawaii Agriculture Statistics Service, annual
Hawaii Agriculture
Statistics Service, monthly
Foreign Agricultural Service
US Trade Internet System
USDA
Reports
USDA
Weekly Shipments
USDA Economics and Statistics
System
ERS Fruit and Tree Nuts
ERS Food
Consumption
ERS
Supply and Utilization
Market Ag
EU Agriculture
Fruits et Legumes
Japan External Trade Organization, Jetro

References
Some relevant publications among the numerous
existing publications related to bananas are mentioned below:
- The
international banana trade, Julian Roche, Woodhead Publishing Limited,
1998
- World
Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables - Opportunities for Developing
Countries in the Production and Export of Organic Horticultural Products,
CTA, FAO, ITC, Rome, 2001
- World
Conference on Horticultural Research Conference Documents
- The Banana Chain: The
Macro-Economics of the Banana Trade, Adelien van de Kasteele, on
behalf of IUF, 1998
- Bananas: The ‘Green Gold’
of the TNCs, Anne-Claire Chambron, The UK Food Group) 1999
- Straightening the Bent World
of the Banana, Anne-Claire Chambron, EFTA, 2000
- The
Big Banana Split, New Internationalist issue 317 - October 1999
- Banana Exports from
Latin America and the Caribbean; the market, the evolving policy framework
and development options, FAO, IICA, WB, 1998
- Istmo Centroamericano: Fomento
y Modernización del Sector Agroexportador. Los casos del azúcar,
el banano y el café, CEPAL, 2000
- El
mercado mundial del banano, Rafael Cartay, Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ). 1997,
14: 3-20
- Estudio
de caso: El Mercado Europeo del Banano y la OMC, SELA, 1998
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, EU Market Survey 2002, Centre for the Promotion
of Imports from Developing Countries
:- La banane en 2004,
bilan de campagne nationale", Service des Nouvelles des Marchés
(SNM), Ministère Français de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation,
de la Pèche et de la Ruralité.
- Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Marketing and Trade Information (Roberta Cook)
Food
market structures: ERS produce markets project, Economic Research Service,
US Department of Agriculture

Clever
links
International
organizations
FAO
Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits
International Network
for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, INIBAP
Common Fund for Commodities
International
Trade Centre, Fruit and Vegetables
Base de Datos UPEB (Union of Banana
Exporting Countries)
Caribbean Banana Exporters Association
CTA Technical
Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU, Bananas
SICE
(Organization of American States-Foreign Trade Information System)
Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture,
IICA
ACP General Secretariat
European Centre for Development Policy
Management
Promusa
Future
Harvest
Barnesa, Banana
Research Network for Eastern & Southern Africa
Centre International pour la Recherche
Agronomique et le Developpement, CIRAD, Banana, Plantain and Pineapple
Programme
International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
CAB International
International Society
of Horticultural Science (International Conference on Banana and Plantain
for Africa)
International Institute
for Tropical Agriculture
COLEACP,
Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-Liaison Committee
for the promotion of ACP horticultural exports
Associations
International Banana Association
The Banana Group
European
Community Banana Trade Association
Produce Marketing Association
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
Association
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
European Fresh Produce Association
Fresh Produce Consortium
Euro
Retailer Produce Working Group (EUREP)
European Fruit Surveyors Network
Perishables Group
Banana
information and news
Sopisco News
Banana
Link
Fruitrop
Fruitnet, The Global Fresh Produce
Portal
Ministerio
de Comercio Exterior, Ecuador
Ministerio
de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Spain-Noticias del exterior
CTA, Banana Recent Developments
Agrisol.
Infos marche banane
CIRAD, Sommaire de Produits
Tropicaux
International
Fruit World, Agropress
Fruit
Line
The Packer On
Line
Fruitecom
Horticom
Agrovia
Fresh
Info
Fruits
et Legumes
Fructidor
International
Agroinfo
Fruit
on-line
Infoagro
CNN
Forbes
BBC
Guardian,
Special Reports
The
Observer, Focus
Caribbean
Investor
Global Exchange
Banana.com
Banana
Label Gallery
Agrifor
Agribusiness Assistant
Saveurs
du monde
Bridges Weekly Trade
News Weekly
Fruit & Vegetable
Project
Five a day
National
links
What
follows is a list of interesting links to national entities or documents
related to banana, organized in a regional or in a country basis:
|
Exporting countries
|
|
Ecuador
|
Servicio
de Información Agropecuaria del Ministerio de Agricultura
y Ganaderia, SICA |
| CORPEI, Corporación
de Promoción de Exportaciones e Inversiones |
| Ecuador
Exporta |
| Ecuagro
|
COMEXI |
| Ministerio
de Relaciones Exteriores |
|
Colombia
|
Augura (Colombian Banana Growers Association) |
| Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural.
Observatorio Agrocadenas |
| Banco
de la República: Las exportaciones colombianas de banano
1950-1998 |
|
Costa Rica
|
Corporación
Bananera Nacional |
| Procomer |
| Infoagro,
Diagnostico Sectorial 1996-2000 |
| Ministerio
de Agricultura |
|
Panama
|
Ministerio de Comercio
e Industrias. Dirección Nacional del Banano |
| Viceministerio de
Comercio Exterior, Memoria año 2000 Dirección Nacional
del Banano |
| Memoria
2001 Dirección Nacional del Banano |
|
Other
Central American countries
|
Guatemala,
Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica
|
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de Nicaragua-León, El banano de exportación en Nicaragua |
| Sitio
del banano |
| Honduran Agricultural Research
Foundation |
| Interantional
Special Report, Honduras agriculture sector recovered, now diversifies |
|
Caribbean
Countries
|
Winward Bananas (Geest) |
| St. Lucia Banana Industry-Ministry
of Agriculture |
| St. Lucia Banana Strategy Paper |
| Belize
Trade and Investment Development Service |
| Belize,
Ministry of Works, Transport, Citrus and Banana Industries |
| Jamaican
Bananas and Plantains |
| IICA,
"Towards a Competitive Banana Industry in the Caribbean"
|
| EU
Evaluation of Assitance to ACP Banana Producers |
| CTA |
| The
crisis and future of the Winward Islands Banana Industry |
| The impact
of globalization on the Caribbean sugar and banana industries
|
| The development
of Windward Islands Banana Export Trade |
| Oxfam
GB Policy Paper - Mar 98 "A Future for Caribbean Bananas
The Importance of Europe's Banana Market to the Caribbean" |
|
Africa
|
International Centre
for Trade and Sustainable Development, "Cas de la production
et de l´exportation de l´ananas, de la banane et de
la mangue de Côte d´Ivoire" |
| Investir
en zone franc. Cameroun banane |
| Africa Front, A
food security case: Bananas and Plantains |
| Africentre
Banana Programme, Kenya |
|
Asia
|
Philippines
Department of Agriculture - Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance
Service) |
| Philippines
Department of Agriculture |
| Philippines Bureau of Agricultural
Research |
| Philexport
|
| Philippine Council for Agriculture,
Foresty and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD) |
| Philippines
Bureau of Export Trade Promotion |
| Philippines
Peasant Institute |
| Food
Market Exchange, Thailand |
|
EU
Banana producing areas
|
Asprocan
|
| Banane
Martinique |
| International Special Reports-Martinique
|
|
Others
|
Brazilian Fruit |
| Association
for the Improvement in Production and Utilization of Banana (India) |
| Australian Banana Growers Council
|
| Australian
Bananas, Banana Land |
| FandVforme |
|
Importing countries
|
|
European Union
|
- Common
Organization of Agricultural Markets, Bananas |
| - Commission
Trade Dispute site |
| - Comité
de Gestion de la Banane |
| - The
ACP-EU Courier |
| - CBI, Centre for the promotion of imports
from developing countries |
|
|
United
States Departnment of Agriculture (USDA) |
| Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA |
| Economic
Research Service USDA |
| Fruit and Tree Nuts, ERS/USDA |
| Agricultural
Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, USDA |
| USDA Economics and Statistics System |
| United States Trade Representative |
| CRS Report for Congress on the Banana Dispute |
| US
Mission to the EU |
|
Others
|
Australian Trade Commission |
| Agriculture and Agri-food Canada |
| Jetro,
Fresh Fruits |
Academia
-
Duke
University
- University of California
Davis
- Postharvest
Technology Research and Information Centre
- Cornell University,
Applied Economics and Management, Research Bulletins
- University
of Florida
- Horticultural
Business Information Network, University of Tenesse
- National Food
and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East
- Society
for Caribbean Studies
- University
of Hawaii

Partners
Mr. Denis Loeillet issues on a regular basis "FruiTrop",
a report on fruits market including bananas, citrus fruits as well as
other tropical fruit and vegetable products, which is available on the
Infocomm portal. The objective is to promote information exchanges and
transparency on the fruits market.

This profile was last updated
on November 5, 2008