Global Plantain Imports Reduce but European and American Purchases Ramp Up
Aug 23, 2021
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Global plantain imports continue a two-year downward trend, decreasing by -15.1% y-o-y to 958K tons in 2020. While El Salvador, the second-largest importer worldwide, reduces the purchases from abroad, American and European imports steadily grow. In physical terms, supplies to the U.S. jumped by +7.6% y-o-y to 406K tons. European imports increased by +1.2% y-o-y, reaching 274K tons last year. In 2020, the average plantain import price rose slightly by +1.8% y-o-y.