Ecuador has been the biggest exporter of bananas on the earth for nearly 6 many years, with greater than 30% of the worldwide market share of this fruit. The European Union and the USA are vital locations for Ecuadorian bananas, having purchased 36% of the fruit exported by the nation in 2020. Lately, nonetheless, Ecuador has misplaced market share on these markets.

Shipments to the European bloc have been affected as a result of excessive tariffs Ecuadorian fruits needed to pay, a problem that was resolved with the signing of the multi-party settlement with the EU that permits the nation to at the moment compete in the identical pricing situations with the remainder of the manufacturing nations.

The issue within the US market is the worth of a field of bananas. Competing banana producing nations particularly Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico have decrease value as a result of they’ve larger productiveness per hectare, shouldn’t have to pay charges to cross the canal from Panama and are nearer to North American ports. . As well as, Ecuador has established a minimal assist value for the can of bananas, mentioned Richard Salazar, government director of the Banana Advertising and Export Affiliation (ACORBANEC). “A part of this market loss is as a result of Ecuadorian banana regulation, which was enacted 21 years in the past and centered on the truth of the time and never the present state of affairs,” he mentioned.

In response to Salazar, the nation now exports extra bananas to unstable markets, a few of which pay much less for the fruit. Confronted with this actuality, the export sector is in search of to regain its presence in conventional markets (which pay extra per field), to enhance industrial situations in further locations and to open up areas in new nations.

The Vice-Ministry for the Promotion of Exports and Investments (PRO ECUADOR) is working to advertise the consumption of Ecuadorian bananas by finishing up actions to place and consolidate this product in worldwide markets.

The actions programmed for 2021 have a world imaginative and prescient and are largely centered on the European market, underlined the minister of the sector, Ivan Ontaneda. Lately, Ecuador has concluded agreements with EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), the UK, Chile and El Salvador, amongst different nations.

A primary-phase settlement has additionally been reached with the USA and the nation is working in direction of becoming a member of the Pacific Alliance, made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. “This is a vital step for the banana sector as a result of it’s the gateway to the Asia-Pacific market: China, South Korea and Japan,” mentioned the minister.

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