Top World Banana
Productivity
Costa Rica produced an
average 2,593 boxes of
bananas per hectare in
2007, thus retaining its
world leadership in
banana productivity.
This was established by
the National Banana
Corporation, whose data
report that productivity
has been increasing in
recent years.
It went from 2,157 boxes in 2001 to 2,526 in 2006, before reaching last
year’s all times high.
In 2007, Costa Rica
exported 113.5 million
boxes, for us$659
million. |
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