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Mexico: Chiapas, number one banana producer

Fresh Banana
Mexico
Published Jan 26, 2022

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During the last five years, the production was 701 thousand 445 tons; even well above Tabasco and Veracruz. The state of Chiapas remains in first place in the nation in banana production according to data from the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), with data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sagarpa).

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FRANCISCO MENDOZA. CHIAPAS JOURNAL. With a production of 587 thousand 068.68 tons, the Chiapas entity leads the manufacturing of this tropical fruit, ahead of states such as Tabasco with 537 thousand 193.29 tons and Veracruz with 253 thousand 634.54 tons of banana. Further back is Colima with 185 thousand 003.09 tons, the state of Michoacán with 148 thousand 960.87 tons, Jalisco with 142 thousand 866.51 tons and Guerrero with 77 thousand 992.48 tons of banana. Banana production in the last five years in the state of Chiapas has remained constant, ironically in 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which the country was confined by the disease. Banana production in the state of Chiapas was the largest in this five-year period with a production of 701,445 tons of bananas, 114,376 tons more than the 2021 numbers. The ...
Source: Inforural
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