Whereas in March 2017 banana consumption was at a standstill, in March 2018 it was up 4 % to practically 60 000 tonnes. We need to go back to 2011 to find as high a figure in March. Over Q1 2018, consumption in France leapt up again by 9 % to reach 162 600 tonnes. Over twelve months (April 2017 to March 2018), consumption was up by 8 % to near the symbolic 600 000-tonnes mark (598 000 to be exact). In terms of supply structure, the one-third fall over one quarter in banana volumes from Martinique and Guadeloupe (18 253 tonnes) was very readily offset by the other categories, i.e. the ACPs (+ 12 %) and dollar origins (+ 4 %). We can note a considerable fall in arrivals from other EU Member States (- 5 %). Re-exports too were down by 14 %, falling below 50 000 tonnes. Côte d’Ivoire (+ 22 % for Q1 2018 compared to 2017) led the way among third-country origins, ahead of Cameroon which saw a 7% decrease. Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica were up by 20 %, 28 % and 25 % respectively. In the top 6, the Dominican Republic registered a small rise of approximately 4 %.
Source: CIRAD
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