The Listin Diario reports that banana exports could generate US$55 million this year, as a result of the 4.5 million cases exported. Bananas are primarily shipped to Europe and the United States and the shipments are split 75%-25% between organic bananas and those conventionally produced. The Dominican Republic is the leading supplier of organic bananas to the European Union. According to the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (Idiaf), a governmental farming research center, 713 farms produced for export; 321 (8,666 tareas) in the south and 392 (70,275 tareas) in the north. Banana producers complain that the devaluation of the peso has increased their costs by 500% this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Listin Diario reports that banana exports could generate US$55 million this year, as a result of the 4.5 million cases exported. Bananas are primarily shipped to Europe and the United States and the shipments are split 75%-25% between organic bananas and those conventionally produced. The Dominican Republic is the leading supplier of organic bananas … <\/p>\n