Pineapple from Costa Rica has an 84% share in the United States

According to information provided by the Foreign Trade Promoter of Costa Rica (Procomer), the country has positioned itself as the main exporter of fresh pineapple in the world. The entity highlighted North America as the main destination for the fruit. To know the current situation of Costa Rica's pineapple trade, the president of the National Chamber of Pineapple Producers and Exporters (CANAPEP), Abel Chaves, indicated that “pineapple contributes 1.90% to the country's GDP, that is an important economic factor and the agricultural GDP that pineapple represents within the country's agro-export activity is around 34%." Chaves pointed out that both the United States and Europe have been the markets with the highest concentration of fruit shipments. “There is a percentage that is really low, what is sent to Asia. Now we were sending some pink pineapple to the Middle East, but let's say that in Asia the volumes went down, because we have problems there with transit times." He ...