date:Mar 23, 2017
e.
In 2016, banana producers marketed 6.5 million boxes; in 2015, this figure stood at 6.3 million boxes. For this year, the total volume is expected to increase to 6.9 million boxes. 95 percent is exported to Argentina and the remainder to Peru, Chile and Uruguay. Each year, 6,500 trucks depart, each carrying one thousand boxes that cost $6 each.