This comes a week after the confusion and dispute created between producers and exporters after a meeting.
This Friday a ministerial agreement was presented in which the minimum support price of the box of bananas and other musaceae destined for export is established.
According to the document, signed by the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Pedro Álava, the box of bananas between 41.5 and 43 pounds will continue to cost $ 6.25 during 2022. Which is equivalent to $ 0.1506 per pound .
It was also established that for the gold and purple the price of the box (15 pounds) will be $ 4,542.
The agreement will be in effect between January 1 and December 31, 2022.
This comes a week after a meeting between banana producers and exporters of the fruit there was confusion as to whether an agreement had been reached.
The banana producing sector even requested last Wednesday morning to the State Attorney General’s Office to initiate a preliminary investigation to determine responsibilities in an alleged alteration of documents that would have occurred during the negotiation table for the price of the box. of bananas for 2022, which was held at the Banana Advisory Council last Friday, in Guayaquil.
The producers’ delegates arrived at that meeting with the proposal that the price of the fruit be set at $ 7.50 and once the meeting started they dropped to $ 7.19; while exporters suggested that the price remain at $ 6.25. Value that has been the one that has been by disposition of the ministry.
The exporters indicated that an agreement had been reached, but the producers indicated that it had not and even asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the alleged alteration of documents during negotiation for the banana box (I)
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