In August this year, China imported 5.5704 million tons of bananas, the total costs of this import is 246.7 million Yuan. The total banana import to China from January to August this year was 77.1398 million tons, this is an increase of 26.5 % compared to last year.
The lowest price of an ordinary Chinese grown banana is currently 1.5 Yuan per kilo. The highest price is 1.7 Yuan per kilo. The recent drop of the Chinese wholesale market prices is substantial, while the decline in price of imported bananas is relatively small. With 2.4 Yuan per kilo being the lowest price for the bananas from the Philippines and South Africa. The highest price at this moment is 2.9 Yuan per kilo.