Drop in banana consumption
PA Wellington New Zealanders ate fewer bananas in 1983, according to the annual report of Fruit Distributors, Ltd, because of a drop in imports. During 1983 the company sold 2,001,067 cartons of bananas, mainly from Ecuador and the Philippines, compared with 2,173,127 cartons in 1982.
The report says the most disappointing feature of the banana trade was the fall in Cook Islands production, from 97,935 cartons in 1982 to 7926 cartons in 1983. But
imports from Western Samoa increased. Fruit Distributors was set up in 1951 to import certain varieties of fresh fruit. It is required to distribute these fruits throughout New Zealand at even prices, to provide reasonable protection to New Zealand citrus growers, and to encourage the development of the fruit business in certain island nations.
The company had a taxpaid profit for the year of $349,365 or 0.6 per cent of the turnover.
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