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Where does the United States get its bananas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $3.1 billion of bananas (5.7 million tonnes), 19.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Guatemala (38%), Ecuador (20%) and Costa Rica (15%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of bananas.

Summary

Value
$3.1billion
Tonnes
5.7million tonnes
Share of world total
19.5%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Guatemala1.2Tonnes: 2,635,595USD per tonne: $44138.1%Sea
Ecuador0.62Tonnes: 1,000,227USD per tonne: $62420.5%Sea
Costa Rica0.47Tonnes: 743,980USD per tonne: $63315.4%Sea
Colombia0.26Tonnes: 419,085USD per tonne: $6238.6%Sea
Honduras0.25Tonnes: 452,691USD per tonne: $5598.3%Sea
Mexico0.21Tonnes: 314,171USD per tonne: $6767%Sea
Peru0.02Tonnes: 31,450USD per tonne: $7410.76%Sea
Panama0.02Tonnes: 35,879USD per tonne: $5390.63%Sea
Dominican Republic0.01Tonnes: 6,190USD per tonne: $1,2150.25%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 347USD per tonne: $14,9140.17%Sea
Nicaragua0.01Tonnes: 6,593USD per tonne: $7780.17%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 154USD per tonne: $11,2410.06%Sea
Belize< 0.01Tonnes: 3,106USD per tonne: $5400.05%Sea
Philippines< 0.01Tonnes: 449USD per tonne: $3,5020.05%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 153USD per tonne: $3,1880.02%Sea
Uganda< 0.01Tonnes: 425USD per tonne: $9290.01%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 198USD per tonne: $1,9810.01%Sea
Sri Lanka< 0.01Tonnes: 114USD per tonne: $3,3570.01%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $9,3570.01%Sea
Serbia< 0.01Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $19,9410.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Guatemala has been its main source since 2011

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Guatemala 1.2
  • Ecuador 0.62
  • Costa Rica 0.47
  • Colombia 0.26
  • Honduras 0.25

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Guatemala0.151.2
Ecuador0.280.62
Costa Rica0.360.47
Colombia0.170.26
Honduras0.180.25

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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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