Honduras posts 16.3% year-on-year growth in banana exports for first 6 months of 2010

2010-08-26

Honduras has long been a major banana-producing region, with bananas being a chief agricultural export besides coffee. The Central Bank of Honduras reports 13.37 million boxes of bananas exported during the first 6 months of 2010, up 16.3% from the year-earlier level of 11.49 million boxes. The amount of banana exports over the first 6 months of 2010 reached US$ 163 million, compared to the US$ 149 million registered a year ago). The international price of banana is US$ 12.25 per box in 2010, lower than the year-earlier level of US$ 12.94 per box.