Friday February 17, 2012

Banana imports are headed for a second straight record gain this year because of a growing tendency among households to save money, as well as the diet boom.

Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. Imports of the fruit, mostly of the Cavendish or Senorita varieties, rose 34% from a year earlier to 540,000 tons in the five months to May. (Bloomberg)

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    netrek

    Let them eat..bananas!

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