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The price of bananas is expected to jump temporarily after Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Far North Queensland s crops.
Queensland is responsible for approximately 94 per cent of Australia s banana production, the majority of which is grown in Far North Queensland.
Economists and fruit sellers are forecasting a rise in the price of of the popular fruit after the wild weather levelled almost a third of the country s crops.
Queensland is responsible for the majority of Australia s banana crops.(iStock)
Tropical Cyclone Niran caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Queensland banana crops.(Nine)
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