date:Sep 25, 2012
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Fyffes ranks globally behind Dole, Chiquita and Fresh Del Monte Produce, it said in a Sept. 3 statement. Keenan declined to comment on the size and timing of the price increase.
Ecuador key part of supply chain
World production totaled 102.03million metric tons in 2010, worth about $28.35billion, according to the United Nations. Ecuadors exports at 5.156million tons accounted for 30percent of global trade.
Ecuador produced 7.931million tons of bananas in 2010, accounting for about 7.8perce