Daily, thousands of tonnes of bananas are getting exported to foreign countries mostly via sea. Bananas are packed in shipping containers for export. For packaging, telescopic boxes, fibre boxes and cardboard boxes are used. The boxes will be of the different thickness on all the four sides.
How are bananas transported?
Once the bananas are packed, they are put onto a conveyor belt and transported by truck to the nearest container terminal (there are two in Costa Rica). The banana shipment must be kept at a cool temperature at all times to ensure the bananas don't ripen and then rot.
How is banana traded worldwide?
Bananas started to be traded internationally by the end of the fourteenth century. The development of railroads and technological advances in refrigerated maritime transport subsequently enable bananas to become the most traded fruit in the world.
Where do bananas get exported from?
The main exporter is Ecuador, which accounted for an annual average of one‑third of total global banana export volume between 2014 and 2018. Other large exporters are the Philippines (13 percent volume share between 2010 and 2016), Costa Rica (13 percent), Guatemala (12 percent) and Colombia (10 percent).
Do we export banana?
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the major banana exporter in the Caribbean has been the Dominican Republic, exporting to the USA and several EU countries including the UK. Total exports in 2019 were valued at US$246 million declining to US$165 million in 2020.
