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Who buys Ecuador’s bananas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Ecuador exported $4.4 billion of bananas (6.6 million tonnes), 28.3% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (14%), Russia (14%) and the Netherlands (6%). Ecuador was the world’s largest exporter of bananas.

Summary

Value
$4.4billion
Tonnes
6.6million tonnes
Share of world total
28.3%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States624Tonnes: 1,000,227USD per tonne: $62414.1%Sea
Russia609Tonnes: 1,140,154USD per tonne: $53413.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports247Tonnes: 373,577USD per tonne: $6625.6%Sea
Germany207Tonnes: 288,650USD per tonne: $7164.7%Sea
Italy186Tonnes: 246,742USD per tonne: $7534.2%Sea
Argentina180Tonnes: 243,000USD per tonne: $7414.1%Sea
Saudi Arabia163Tonnes: 265,624USD per tonne: $6133.7%Sea
Greece148Tonnes: 187,814USD per tonne: $7903.4%Sea
Chile117Tonnes: 271,013USD per tonne: $4312.6%Sea
Algeria114Tonnes: 180,749USD per tonne: $6302.6%Sea
China114Tonnes: 188,735USD per tonne: $6022.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports107Tonnes: 141,159USD per tonne: $7602.4%Sea
Poland106Tonnes: 128,969USD per tonne: $8242.4%Sea
Austria83.6Tonnes: 69,887USD per tonne: $1,1961.9%Sea
Turkey81.3Tonnes: 139,594USD per tonne: $5821.8%Sea
Sweden72.3Tonnes: 85,840USD per tonne: $8431.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates71.2Tonnes: 115,138USD per tonne: $6191.6%Sea
Japan70.3Tonnes: 100,872USD per tonne: $6971.6%Sea
France63.9Tonnes: 49,385USD per tonne: $1,2951.4%Sea
Ukraine60.5Tonnes: 74,323USD per tonne: $8141.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 624
  • Russia 609
  • Netherlands 247
  • Germany 207
  • Italy 186

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States280624
Russia65.1609
Netherlands4.7247
Germany251207
Italy68.3186

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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