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New to this forum, I am particularly interested if anyone has experiences with importing bananas from India. As so many other wholesale people we only do the Central-America Cavendish but how about some alternatives?
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Re: G'day to banana producers, traders and consumers
Affordable freight from India to the western U.S. is by boat. If you have enough pallets for full container-loads, even better. Transit time from port to port is 10 days on average. The challenge is to find fruits that are produced in quantity, are free from pest/disease restrictions, and can withstand the time lapse in shipping.
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We are in Europe and get tablegrapes from Nashik in India via the Mumbai-Rotterdam route which takes a little less than 3 weeks. That's not the problem, the problem is: QUALITY, ie no mechanical damage whatsoever, and right maturity.
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Yes, 3 weeks is a very long time for bananas, unless they are picked unripe and then gassed at your end. Of course, this defeats the entire purpose of getting a great tasting banana. Specialty bananas are being grown on a small commercial scale in southern France, western Morocco, Israel, and possibly elsewhere near you but that is the extent of my knowledge.
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Currently most nor all bananas at European retailers are from Central America and I wonder if someone from e.g. India, which is the largest banana producer in the world, wanted to tap into that market.
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