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Pineapple trade hits new heights |
20 April 2009, www.reefertrends.com
Although Japanese imports dip to a level last seen in 2004, EU and US pineapple imports rise for an eighth successive year.
According to data published in the latest FruiTrop magazine, imports of
pineapples reached 921K MT in 2008, up 91K MT on 2007 figures. In a
decade imports of pineapple have tripled, with the rise exclusively
attributable to exports from Costa Rica. In 1998 Costa Rica supplied
79K MT of the total 263K MT imported – this had increased to 668K MT
out of a total 921K MT in 2008. US imports have showed a similar,
though less dramatic, trend: Out of a total 252K MT imported in 1998,
Costa Rican fruit accounted for 201K MT – in 2008 the US imported 714K
MT, out of which Costa Rica supplied 584K MT. The 144K MT Japanese
market is almost exclusively supplied by the Philippines.
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