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~ 17/11/06
This year Costa Rica exported 102.1 million cases of banana, 13.5 million more than the 88.6 million it exported last year. Each case weighs 18.14 kilos.
Jorge Sauma, Manager of CORBANA said the increase is due to 3 factors:
- Producers improved productivity from 2,155 cases per hectare in 2005 to 2,400 cases this year.
- The government implemented a plan to support farms that were failing, but were not considered as unable to produce. The $50 million plan was implemented with government funds, but paid back by the farmers from the exports.
- The climate this year was good for production
33,000 Costa Ricans are employed by the banana farms, and these export figures place it in second place, behind Intel, as Costa Ricas largest export industry.
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