Tropical Fruit Industry Trends

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World production of of tropical fruit was valued at US$33 billion in 1996/97. Of this value, around US$11 billion is traded as exports. In fact, world trade in tropical fruit has grown at above 8 percent each year since 1990.

Other key features of the global tropical fruit market include:

Total world production of tropical fruit was estimated at around 56 million tonnes in 1997.

95% of tropical fruit is produced in developing nations, which also tend to consume the majority of their own output.

Trade in fresh tropical fruit grew by 14% to 1.8 milion tonnes in 1996.

Trade in processed tropical fruit grew by 1% to 1.4 million tonnes. This was valued at US$1.1 billion.

Major exporters of tropical fruit are Thailand (43% of world export value), Malaysia, Brazil, Indonesia and Ecuador.

Tropical Fruit Production - 1997

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