date:Sep 25, 2012
r, compared with the same period a year ago. Profits for the quarter plunged to $6million, down 92percent compared with the same quarter last year.
Ecuador declared a state of emergency in five provinces in March after above-average rainfall in the coastal region and southern Andean foothills washed away roads and houses and damaged more than 84,000 acres of crops, including the top three banana-producing regions in Los Rios, Guayas and El Oro.
Rainfall in Babahoyo, the capital of Los Rios pro