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Unfortunately, there's not much room for flexibility in the banana supply chain, according to Miller. ... Dole is still up about 37% from last year, while Del Monte has risen around 13% over that ...
Bananas, imported wine and beer, coffee and car parts — there’s a long list of items consumers across the Carolinas might struggle to find in coming weeks. ... Yet there’s still a cost to ...
Commercial banana production in the United States is relatively limited in scale and economic impact. While Americans eat 26 pounds (12 kg) of bananas per person per year, the vast majority of the fruit is imported from other countries, chiefly Central and South America, where the US has previously occupied areas containing banana plantations, and controlled the importation of bananas via ...
Perishable items such as fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, were predicted to have immediate impacts on supply due to the strike-impacted ports working with large proportions of the United States' supplies (e.g. handling 75% of the U.S.'s supply of bananas). [6]
A banana plantation in St. Lucia. The banana industry is an important part of the global industrial agrobusiness. About 15% of the global banana production goes to export and international trade for consumption in Western countries. [1] They are grown on banana plantations primarily in the Americas. [2]
A warming climate and fast-spreading diseases threaten supplies and push up prices, a top banana industry expert warns.
Bananas and coffee have also proven unreliable sources of income. Although bananas are less subject to the vagaries of international markets than coffee, natural disasters such as Hurricane Fifi in 1974, drought, and disease have appeared with a regular, albeit random, frequency to take their economic toll through severely diminished harvests ...
See which items experts say could be harder to find on Carolina shelves, or cost more, after Hurricane Helene and during dockworker strike.