What Are the Packaging and Technical Specifications of Costa Rican Bananas?

Fruit category: Class I, Class II, Premium

Box weight: 

• 18.14 KG (at the supermarket)
• 18.86 KG (min. gross weight at packing house)
• 18.50 KG (in destination)

Age at harvest: between 11-13 weeks after the flower appears (physiological age)

Total boxes per container (not palletized): 1200 not palletized

Total boxes per container (palletized): 1098 (20 pallets of 54 boxes, 1 small pallet of 18 boxes)

Temperature of transport on delivery: 14°C

Class Premium

• Banana “finger” length measurement (min.): 8”
• Package grade (range): 8-18 
• Bananas per box (range): 110
• Clusters per box (max.): 18
• Box weight (range): 18.14 KG
• Fingers per cluster (max.): 8
• Fingers per cluster (min.): 4

Class I

• Banana “finger” length measurement (min.): 7”
• Package grade (range): 7-17
• Bananas per box (range): 120
• Clusters per box (max.): 20
• Box weight (range): 18.14 KG
• Fingers per cluster (max.): 9
• Fingers per cluster (min.): 3