I remember the exact expressions of historical businessmen when they said that the success of the banana business depends on the economic situation of the customers, because if it is good, payment will be ensured, it was a time when the fruit was considered an alternative dessert, not like now when it is part of the daily diet the most reputable consumers in almost all developed countries. On the other hand, Argentina, an important importing nation, is going through serious difficulties due to the lack of the necessary foreign currency to pay for transactions, among which fruits and vegetables stand out, with bananas at the top.

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The origin of sales to Argentina is 60% from Ecuador, with other smaller suppliers, Bolivians and Paraguayans, who have made extraordinary efforts to remain in the highly competitive market in the face of better quality goods, with a constant and secure supply. characteristics that adorn Ecuadorian production, also focused to other places in the southern cone such as Chile and Uruguay. This omission determined the suspension of sales from Bolivia and Paraguay to that destination, a decision made after the mobilization of exporters and farmers with political pressure, the mobilization of peasants under the slogan “Argentina, pay for the banana you have already eaten”, because not having enough dollars offers unacceptable Chinese yuan, which causes irreparable damage through the loss of ripe fruit on farms.

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I consider it relevant to emphasize that Bolivia and Paraguay do not have the natural conditions for planting and growing extremely tropical areas, with high temperatures and a lot of rain, typical for the efficient harvest of plantains and bananas, which means profitable, intended for world markets that are already used to enjoying the Ecuadorian product of superior organoleptic quality, uniform ripening and longer days on the hanger. At that time I expressed my opinion against national government officials advising and offering national vegetative material to promote planting in those countries in difficulty, encouraging the risk that they would become, as it happened, our implacable competitors, although doomed to failure because the conditions were not optimal for planting.

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The same thing happened when the Venezuelan regime tried with an agreement, which was celebrated by the ministers of agriculture in 2010, to develop with Ecuadorian technology and genetics thousands of hectares of very fertile land, with a privileged geographical position, overlooking the markets of the European Union. and very close to North America, where the largest share of Ecuadorian exports is directed.

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The opportunity is ripe to insist on the union of farmers and sellers to take measures so that Ecuador obtains the certificates that its unsurpassed position allows, such as the so-called designation of geographical origin and origin, and commercially exploit these irreplaceable virtues, typical of unsurpassed good. characterized by quality and outstanding behavior maturation and shelf life. (OR)