Select Committee on International Development Minutes of Evidence


ANNEX 2

TABLE 1.3
A comparison of ACP and Dollar banana dependence

Banana ExportsBananas/Primary Commodities Bananas/All FoodsBananas/GDP
(US $ million, 1993) (Per cent,
1993)
(Per cent,
1993)
(Per cent, Average 1990-92)

ACP
Cote d'Ivoire502.88 3.930.43
Cameroon526.81 19.760.37
Somalia11.7 n/an/an/a
Cape Verde0.617.14 18.180.68
Madagascarn/an/a n/an/a
Jamaica35.94.38 13.981.16
St Lucia51.186.90 87.3515.79
St Vincent and Grenadines22.9 51.1251.1217.08
Dominica24.182.53 84.5616.92
Grenada2.117.50 17.501.70
Belize12.112.30 12.622.13
Suriname11.23.25 30.771.99
Dollar
Costa Rica49643.66 48.096.78
Columbia424.716.05 19.890.89
Ecuador557.738.54 40.205.22
Guatemala99.711.81 12.710.94
Honduras215.735.77 38.249.62
Mexico92.91.67 2.400.02

Note:
1 1992 figure.
Source: The Political Economy of Europe's Banana Trade (Hallam, D and Peston, M 1997).



 
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