Ecuador's banana sector seeks to strengthen its relationship with Asia
The Ecuadorian banana sector demonstrated its resilience capacity in 2020, growing by 5.6% despite the issues brought by the global health crisis. However, as its representatives expressed at a virtual press conference on Tuesday, it continues to work to broaden its commercial horizons, especially in Asia.
"The European Union continues to be our largest market, followed by Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, Asia is decreasing," said Jose Antonio Hidalgo, representative of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador (AEBE). In the first quarter of this year, exports to the Asian market decreased by almost 28% over the same period of the previous year.