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Selected Sources of Statistics
References
Clever links
Partners

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Information on international fruits market and more particularly on bananas, citrus fruits as well as other tropical fruit and vegetable products are updated on a regular basis within the framework of a partnership established with the "Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement" (Cirad). We would like to thank Mr. Denis Loeillet, FruiTrop editor, who graciously agreed to make this monthly report available to Infocomm. For further information, please refer to the Cirad Internet website.

 

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Characteristics Description and technical characteristics
Origin and history
Crop Banana harvest
Quality

Banana quality standards
Organic and fair trade bananas
Environmental and social issues links

Uses

Food consumption
Exotic/ethnic bananas in export markets
Processed banana food products

Market Banana Production
Banana Exports
Banana Imports
Banana Trade Patterns
Marketing chain Banana marketing chain
Companies Banana companies
Technology Research and Development
Posthaverst technology-Handling, transport and ripening
Prices Banana Terms of Trade
Retail prices
Banana production costs
Banana price links
Economic Policies International banana market access
The EU Banana Regime and the WTO Dispute Settlement
International cooperation on bananas
Exporting countries national policies

Selected Sources of Statistics

References

Some relevant publications among the numerous existing publications related to bananas are mentioned below:

- The international banana trade, Julian Roche, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 1998

- World Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables - Opportunities for Developing Countries in the Production and Export of Organic Horticultural Products, CTA, FAO, ITC, Rome, 2001

- World Conference on Horticultural Research Conference Documents

- The Banana Chain: The Macro-Economics of the Banana Trade, Adelien van de Kasteele, on behalf of IUF, 1998

- Bananas: The Green Gold of the TNCs, Anne-Claire Chambron, The UK Food Group) 1999

- Straightening the Bent World of the Banana, Anne-Claire Chambron, EFTA, 2000

- The Big Banana Split, New Internationalist issue 317 - October 1999

- Banana Exports from Latin America and the Caribbean; the market, the evolving policy framework and development options, FAO, IICA, WB, 1998

- Istmo Centroamericano: Fomento y Modernización del Sector Agroexportador. Los casos del azcar, el banano y el caf, CEPAL, 2000

- El mercado mundial del banano, Rafael Cartay, Rev. Fac. Agron. (LUZ). 1997, 14: 3-20

- Estudio de caso: El Mercado Europeo del Banano y la OMC, SELA, 1998
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, EU Market Survey 2002, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries

- Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, EU Market Survey 2002, Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries

- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing and Trade Information (Roberta Cook)

:- La banane en 2004, bilan de campagne nationale", Service des Nouvelles des Marchés (SNM), Ministère Français de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pèche et de la Ruralité.

"Forthcoming Changes in the EU Banana/Sugar Markets: a Menu of Options for an Effective EU Transitional Package", ODI, août 2005.

Clever links

International organizations

Bananas bioversity international
Common Fund for Commodities
International Trade Centre, Fruit and Vegetables
Base de Datos UPEB (Union of Banana Exporting Countries)
Caribbean Banana Exporters Association

CTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU, Banana sector
SICE (Organization of American States-Foreign Trade Information System)
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA
ACP General Secretariat
European Centre for Development Policy Management
Promusa
Barnesa, Banana Research Network for Eastern & Southern Africa
Centre International pour la Recherche Agronomique et le Developpement, CIRAD Banana, Plantain and Pineapple Programme

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
CAB International
International Society of Horticultural Science (International Conference on Banana and Plantain for Africa)
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
COLEACP, Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific-Liaison Committee for the promotion of ACP horticultural exports

Associations

United Fresh Produce Association
Produce Marketing Association
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
Freshfel Europe, European Association for the fresh produce
Fresh Produce Consortium
Global GAP
Perishables Group  

Banana information and news

Sopisco News
Banana Link
Fruitnet, The Global Fresh Produce Portal
COMEXI, Ecuador

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (Spain)
CTA, Banana Recent Developments
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
International Fruit World, Agropress
The Packer On Line
Fruitecom
Horticom
Agrovia
Fresh Info
Fruits et Legumes
Fructidor International
Agroinfo
Fruit on-line
Infoagro
Forbes
BBC
Guardian, Special Reports
The Observer, Focus
Caribbean Investor
Global Exchange
Banana.com
Banana Label Gallery

Intute
Agribusiness Assistant
Saveurs du monde
Bridges Weekly Trade News Weekly
Fruit & Vegetable Project
Five a day

National links

What follows is a list of interesting links to national entities or documents related to banana, organized in a regional or in a country basis:

Exporting countries
Ecuador
Servicio de Información Agropecuaria del Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, SICA
Ecuagro
COMEXI
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Colombia
Augura (Colombian Banana Growers Association)
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural. Observatorio Agrocadenas
Banco de la República: Las exportaciones colombianas de banano 1950-1998
Costa Rica
Corporación Bananera Nacional
Procomer
Infoagro, Diagnostico Sectorial 1996-2000
Ministerio de Agricultura
Panama
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias. Dirección Nacional del Banano
Viceministerio de Comercio Exterior, Memoria año 2000 Dirección Nacional del Banano
Memoria 2001 Dirección Nacional del Banano  
Other countries in Central America
Guatemala, Unidad de Políticas e Información Estratégica
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, El banano de exportación en Nicaragua
Sitio del banano
Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation
Carribean
Winward Bananas
St. Lucia Banana Industry-Ministry of Agriculture
St. Lucia Banana Strategy Paper
Belize Trade and Investment Development Service
Belize, Ministry of Works, Transport, Citrus and Banana Industries
Jamaican Bananas and Plantains
IICA, "Towards a Competitive Banana Industry in the Caribbean"
EU Evaluation of Assistance to ACP Banana Producers
CTA
The crisis and future of the Winward Islands Banana Industry
The impact of globalization on the Caribbean sugar and banana industries
The development of Windward Islands Banana Export Trade
Oxfam GB Policy Paper - Mar 98 "A Future for Caribbean Bananas The Importance of Europe's Banana Market to the Caribbean" 
Africa
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, "Cas de la production et de l´exportation de l´ananas, de la banane et de la mangue de Côte d´Ivoire"
Investir en zone franc (IZF)
Africa Front, A food security case: Bananas and Plantains
International Development Research centre
Africentre Banana Programme, Kenya
Asia
Philippines Department of Agriculture
Philippines Bureau of Agricultural Research
Philexport
Philippines Council for Agriculture, Foresty and Natural Resources and Development (PCARRD)
Philippines Bureau of Export Trade Promotion
Philippines Peasant Institute
Food Market Exchange (Thaïlande)
European Union
Platano de Canarias
Bananes de Guadeloupe et de Martinique
Other countries
Brazilian Fruit
Australian Banana Growers Council
Australian Bananas, Banana Land
FandVforme
Importing countries
European Union
- Common organisation of the market in bananas
- Trade issues, EU
- Comité de Gestion de la Banane (French)
- The courier ACP-EU
- CBI, Centre for the promotion of imports from developing countries
United States
United States Department of Agriculture, USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
Economic Research Service, USDA
Fruit and Tree Nuts, ERS/USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, USDA
USDA Economics and Statistics System
United States Trade Representative (agriculture)
CRS Report for Congress on the Banana Dispute
US Mission to the EU
Other countries
Australian Trade Commission
Agriculture and Agri-food Canada
Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro)

Academia

- Duke University
- University of California Davis
- Postharvest Technology Research and Information Centre
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Cornell University, Applied Economics and Management, Research Bulletins
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University of Florida
- Horticultural Business Information Network, University of Tenesse
- National Food and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East
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Society for Caribbean Studies
- University of Hawaii

Partners

Mr. Denis Loeillet issues on a regular basis "FruiTrop", a report on fruits market including bananas, citrus fruits as well as other tropical fruit and vegetable products, which is available on the Infocomm portal. The objective is to promote information exchanges and transparency on the fruits market.

This profile was last updated on October 22, 2009
The Web pages were checked on January 27, 2009

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