Banana production in the United States

Banana production in the United States is few. Banana cultivation in Florida has been about 500 acres, valued at roughly 2 million US $. In early 2010's, there is an improved importance in increasing US banana production to please various niche markets, including the market for natural and processed bananas. US banana production is very partial; in 2009, US total banana making reached approximately 7,000 mmt, or 0.01% of the total globe production, on an estimated 16,000 acres. Hawaii is by far the largest banana producer in the United States, followed by Florida. Banana plantation in Hawaii has followed a descending trend, from 13,181 mmt in 2000 to 8,090 mmt in 2010. Hawaii produces mainly the conventional Cavendish assortment and the Hawaiian apple banana, which are sold in the local markets due to high employment and land expenses. The chief US banana exporter is Florida, which produces mostly Thai and cooking bananas (Bluggoe type). In addition, US banana producers are looking for opportunities in the organic and specialty segments of the banana market in Florida and the beaches of Georgia.^[1]

There is no noticeable banana manufacture in the United States, and comparatively little U.S. jobs relating to bananas.^[2]

In the USA, bananas are the fruit that is eaten most whole 26 lbs of them per person per year: more than whole apples (16 lbs), watermelons (15 lbs), and whole oranges (9 lbs). There is no profitable banana production in the United States. All of the fruit is from other countries, chiefly from Central and South America.^[3]

In 1876 the biggest banana plantation in U.S.A positioned close to Silver Lake in Florida, including 10,000 plants.^[4] The primary banana farm in the United States was established in Florida in 1876, but it botched for the reason that the climate wasn’t hot enough. Instead, production exploded in the Caribbean, and the Boston-based United Fruit Co.^[5]

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