Representatives of the National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica (Corbana) explained that in 2018 the 18.14 kilo banana box sold to ALDI was quoted at 13.55 Euros. However, in 2019 and 2020 the amount paid for the fruit was reduced, and by 2021 a price of 11.33 euros has been set, which is equivalent to a -16% variation with respect to what was charged in 2018.

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The importance of the price paid by ALDI lies in the fact that it is an important supermarket chain, since in addition to operating in Germany, it has branches in Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and China.

Jorge Sauma, general manager of Corbana, told Nacion.com that "... 'historically, the price of ALDI bananas is a reference in Europe is expected that other supermarkets react to this initiative. Although we hope that their social conscience will contain them."

Sauma added that "... price wars have always descended to the lower links of the banana distribution chain, and reach the weakest, which is the producer."

CentralAmericaData reports that Central American banana exports exceed $2.5 billion per year, with the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands being the main destinations for sales.

Source: Nacion.com

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