Bananas and Food Security - Bioversity International

Asie - Pacifique / Asia - Pacific : L. Setyobudi
Farmers
Main trader/
trade collectors
Trade distributors
Consumer
Domestic foreigner
Figure 1g. Marketing chain of banana in Donggala’s district, Palu. 1994.
Trade balance of banana and other fruits export and import since 1993 to 1996 is
presented in Table 5.
Total fruit export and import in Indonesia showed a negative balance from 1993 to
1996 and this continued until recently. This is not the case for banana that always
showed an increasing positive balance, which demonstrates that banana agribusiness is
profitable. The four major export destinations of Indonesian bananas in 1996 are China
(52.97%), Hong Kong (12.97%), United Arab Emirate (10.57%) and Japan (10.25%).
Imported bananas were also found in Indonesian markets: 58.1 tons of fresh banana
(value US$ 61,129) and 33.5 tons of processed banana (value US$ 107,363) in 1995. The
countries of origin of imported bananas are Taiwan and Australia for the fresh fruits and
Australia, Honduras, Netherlands, and Germany for the processed banana.
Table 5. Trade balance of banana and other fruits of Indonesian export and import in
the 1993-1996.
Year Banana Total fruits
Volume (tons) Value (x1000 US$) Volume (tons) Value (x1000 US$)
1993 24,917 3,300 (43,542) (48,799)
1994 33,058 5,795 (42,865) (55,491)
1995 55,260 8,579 (53,985) (73,845)
1996* 78,674 14,506 (3,660) (48,533)
US$ 1.00 = Rp 3.500 (1996)
* January-September 1996
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