Honduran bananas delivered to Russia

Banana producers of Honduras announced the start of sales of their products on the markets of Russia and Ukraine.
Hector Castro is president of the independent banana producer guild said that everything leads to the fact that this year bananas will become the second (after coffee) product in terms of the generation of foreign exchange earnings.
Currency receipts from the sale of bananas increased compared with the previous year. This happened after Russian businessmen arrived in Honduras to familiarize themselves with the production and procurement process.
Hector Castro stressed that Honduran banana sales are also growing in traditional areas - in the United States and EU countries. The main goal of manufacturers - in 2018 to achieve exports in the amount of 650 million dollars.
“In a week, Russians consume a volume comparable to our annual export volume,” commented the industry representative.
From January to August of this year, exporters of Honduras sent bananas abroad in the amount of $ 348.4 million in the United States. The growth of exports in terms of value is associated with an increase in prices by 11.6%, while its volume decreased by 8.8%.