At least 30 banana producers in Tabasco, Mexico, including the company "Chela Banana," have formed a strategic alliance to export 150,000 boxes of bananas to Syria and Italy in an effort to reduce the national supply and increase prices. The export, which will start in late August, is expected to boost the local economy and create job opportunities. The bananas will be shipped from the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.