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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
- Cornell University,
Applied Economics and Management, Research Bulletins
- University
of Florida
- Horticultural
Business Information Network, University of Tenesse
- National Food
and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East
- 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