Title: Banana industry - Wikipedia
Headings: Banana industry
Banana industry
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Content: 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: Some countries produce statistics distinguishing between bananas and plantain production, but four of the top six producers do not, requiring comparisons using the total for bananas and plantains combined. In 2016, world production of bananas and plantains was 148 million tonnes, led by India and China with a combined total (only for bananas) of 28% of global production (table). Other major producers were the Philippines, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Brazil, together accounting for 20% of the world total of bananas and plantains (table). As reported for 2013, total world exports were 20 million tonnes of bananas and 859,000 tonnes of plantains. Ecuador and the Philippines were the leading exporters with 5.4 and 3.3 million tonnes, respectively, and the Dominican Republic was the leading exporter of plantains with 210,350 tonnes.