The new price of a box of bananas from Ecuador is set at $6.85

The Ecuadorian banana box will be sold for 6.85 dollars starting in January 2024. This was announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), after producers and exporters reached an agreement, after four technical negotiation tables. previous. The decision was made on November 6, 2023 at a meeting at the Zonal Government of Guayaquil, where both parties settled on the new value at which the fruit will be marketed. Marianela Ubilla, president of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE) and Franklin Torres, president of the National Federation of Banana Growers of Ecuador (Fenabe), led the dialogues. Ubilla described the agreement as an achievement. Although the export sector's request was that the price of $6.50 be maintained, they had to give in to this increase, he said, "aware of the problem and the conditions we experience in Ecuador at the level of security and increased costs." . Torres, for his part, pointed out that although the new value does not ...