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Produção brasileira de bananas
AMARELOU
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Ano
Área
Produção
Rendimento
(hectares)
(toneladas)
(quilos por hectare)
2014
478.765
6.953.747
14.524
2015
475.976
6.844.491
14.380
2016
474.054
6.962.134
14.686
Fonte:PAM/SIDRAIBGE
Embarques nacionais de bananas
ALÉMDAS FRONTEIRAS
Beyond the frontiers
exportação ANO2016
ANO2015
variação
Valor(US$) Peso(Kg) Valor(US$) Peso(Kg) Valor(US$) Peso(Kg)
Bananas
21.036.383 64.361.054 24.916.992 80.905.478
-15,57% -20,45%
Fonte:Agrostat/MapaElaboração:SRI/CNAeAbrafrutas
Sílvio Ávila
For
consumption
Almostintheir
entirety,thebananas
producedinBrazil
areabsorbedbythe
domesticmarket,6.96
milliontonsof
thefruit
W
ith its unique flavor and
aroma, bananas are a fa-
vorite with Brazilians.
Ease of access is also a
factor in the high levels
of consumption, as this fruit is present in
all corners of the Country. The predilection
can be ascertained in the numbers, as ap-
proximately 99%of the national production
supplied the domestic market in 2016. The
banana crop reached a total of 6,962,134
tons, inanarea of 474,054 hectares. The ac-
tivity comprises about 800 thousand pro-
duction units, most of them run by small-
scale farmers or family farmers.
According to researcher Áurea de Albu-
querque Gerum, from Embrapa Cassava
and Fruit Farming, in Cruz das Almas (BA),
the two main producing regions in Brazil,
together correspond to two thirds of the to-
tal production in Brazil. The Northeast pro-
duced 2,381,619 tons in the current season
(34.27% of the national production), and
the Southeast, 2,195,543 tons (31.59%). In
the entire national territory, in 2016, aver-
age performance reached 14.82 tons per
