Title: Banana industry - Wikipedia
Headings: Banana industry
Banana industry
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Content: Company
Country
Market share in 2013 [%]
Chiquita
U.S.
13
Fyffes
Ireland
6
Dole Food Company
U.S.
11
Fresh Del Monte Produce
U.S.
12
Noboa
Ecuador
2
The market share of the above players decreased from 70% in 2002 to about 44% in 2013. This decline in market power has been attributed to a couple of reasons. In the past, multinational companies owned a large number of plantations in Central and South America and other banana-producing regions. Since the 1980s they have divested a large share of their own production, replacing it with greater purchases from independent producers. For example, Chiquita has decreased the number of its plantations in Central America. Fyffes used to own plantations in Jamaica, Belize and the Windward Islands, but withdrew from production and switched to purchasing its bananas through contracts with producers. The disengagement from production was partly caused by legal and economic problems at the plantation level, but also reflects the change in market power along the banana value chain. Along the global banana supply chain major supermarket chains in the US and EU have gained market power over the big producers in the 21st century as they dominate the retail market and increasingly purchase from smaller wholesalers or directly from growers. Production and export
2016 Production
millions of tonnes
Country
Bananas
Plantains
Total
India
29.1

29.1
China
13.1

13.1
Philippines
5.8
3.1
8.9
Ecuador
6.5
0.6
7.1
Indonesia
7.0

7.0
Brazil
6.8

6.8
Colombia
2.0
3.5
5.5
Cameroon
1.2
4.3
5.5
Uganda
0.6
3.7
4.3
Ghana
0.09
4.0
4.1
Guatemala
3.8
0.3
4.1
World
113.3
35.1
148.4
Source: FAOSTAT of the United Nations Note: