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The US has been the world's top importer of bananas since at least 1961, and some 75% of those bananas make their way to grocery stores through East Coast ports from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador ...
See which items experts say could be harder to find on Carolina shelves, or cost more, after Hurricane Helene and during dockworker strike.
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.
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).
The World Banana Forum (WBF) is a permanent space of assembly for participants representing the global banana supply-chain to promote an open dialogue on the challenges faced by the banana industry. The secretariat of the WBF is provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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 ...
Some D.C.-based appellate courts are still hearing oral arguments about some of Trump’s first-term tariffs, he says. “At some point, hopefully in the future, we’ll have certainty, but it ...
The 2020s commodities boom refers to the rise of many commodity prices in the early 2020s following the COVID-19 pandemic.The COVID-19 recession initially made commodity prices drop, but lockdowns, supply chain bottlenecks, and dovish monetary policy limited supply and created excess demand causing a commodity super cycle rise.