Pending the initial Eurostat estimates for banana imports into the EU28 for 2020 (in March 2021), the monitoring database (European Commission, DG Taxud) enables us to draw up an initial review of the past year. The EU28 registered imports of 6 067 000 tonnes in 2020 (excluding European production), i.e. an increase of 4 % from 2019. It was once again the dollar zone suppliers (+ 5.7 %) which fuelled the market growth, in so doing even taking market share from the ACP suppliers (- 4.4 %). Ultimately, the EC market took in an additional 224000 tonnes of bananas. Hence growth resumed after a slight downturn in 2019. Imports from Ecuador and Costa Rica saw very big rises, of 11 % and 9 % respectively. Colombia and Panama were not to be left out (with + 3 to + 4 %), though they were below the market’s average performance level. Within the ACP group, all the big origins lost ground except Belize. If we add the Cirad-FruiTrop estimates for European production (shipped outside of the production zone + marketed in the production zone), i.e. 631 000 tonnes (+ 1 % on 2019), we obtain a total consumption of 6 698 000 tonnes, which would represent a new absolute record.
Source: CIRAD
banana - EU28 - 2020 supply
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