Ecuador’s most westerly point, the Santa Elena peninsula, is fast becoming a hub for the country’s organic banana production thanks to the favorable climate and an abundance of virgin land.Continue Reading
Ecuador exported 230.32m boxes of bananas to July, an increase of 8.09 per cent than the same period of 2019. But the higher volume failed to compensate for the fall in global prices, according to exporter association Acorbanec.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Christine Armario and Marcos Pin Mendez For years, Dionisio Romero has relied for his livelihood on a magenta-colored dragon fruit that is wildly popular in Asia, planting dozens of the spindly trees at his farm near Ecuador’s Pacific coast. But as the coronavirus wreaks economic havoc worldwide, the 72-year-oldContinue Reading
In the week of the Living Wage and Living Income Conference, ‘The Only Way is Up’, Fairtrade recognizes the crucial role of governments, unions and employers towards improving living conditions for workers. Following years of engaging and advocating for decent salaries, Fairtrade is delighted to see progress in the bananaContinue Reading
Officials representing growers and exporters in Ecuador have welcomed the news that Aldi is preparing to increase its banana price, while also renewing their calls for retail buyers and consumers to pay more for bananas in the face of rising industry costs. “German apples are three times more expensiveContinue Reading
Ecuador saw a 1.39% bump in its overall banana shipments between January and May of 2019 compared to the same period of the previous year. However, this rate of growth was much lower than that of the first five months of 2018 compared to 2017, during which there was anContinue Reading
Ecuador sent a 15% lighter year-on-year volume of bananas to the EU in the first three months of the year, says the Banana Marketing and Export Association (ACORBANEC). The association explains that the decrease was due to lower prices from other sources, such as Guatemala. Ecuador’s current lawContinue Reading
Ecuadorian banana exports to Brazil were suspended by a judicial decision in February 26, 2019, after Brazil opened its market to these exports in December 2017. Yesterday, Wednesday, May 8, Ecuador demanded the World Trade Organization, WTO, withdraw the restriction measures imposed by Brazil on Ecuadorian bananas, allegingContinue Reading
Ecuador, the world’s largest banana exporter, is urging Latin American producers to fight German supermarket chain Aldi’s bid to pay one euro less per case in 2019. “We must organize a front of all producing countries in the region to stop Aldi from applying this unfair measure,” EcuadoranContinue Reading
The abundance of citrus fruits such as oranges and tangerines has harmed papaya producers in Manabí. Prices have dropped from 60 cents to 30 cents, leading consumers to purchase more citrus instead of papaya that is sold depending on weight. The producers of San Vicente have acceptedContinue Reading
Ecuador expects to export 5,700 boxes of mango by boat to China on the first week of October; a country where, after thirteen years of negotiations, 20,000 boxes of this fruit first arrived in 2016 by air. Yamil Farah, the president of the Mango Ecuador Foundation, said the industryContinue Reading
The Ecuadorian banana industry has experienced a volatile few months, with a period of explosive demand at the beginning of the year suddenly followed by a market crash. Hugo Castro, general manager of Ecuador-based exporter Gina Fruit, told Fresh Fruit Portal it has been a complicated year so farContinue Reading