Bananas Imports Reach $210m in 9 Months

A total of 308,970 tons of bananas worth $210.32 million were imported during nine months ending Dec. 20 compared with 334,252 tons worth $226.06 million in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), according to Rouhollah Latifi, spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
“Despite the ban on order registration for banana imports [since the Iranian month ending May 20], overall imports do not show a significant difference compared with last year. The main exporters of bananas to Iran include Turkey, India, Philippines, Ecuador, Pakistan, the UAE, Russia, and Vietnam,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA. 
“The main producers of banana in the world, i.e. Ecuador and Philippines, are not the top exporters of the fruit to Iran. Turkey ranks first among banana exporters to our country. Prices of bananas purchased from the neighboring country are cheaper than those imported from Ecuador.”