Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

Hello everyone,

My name is Diana. I am the business manager of the company Vilania S.A. from Ecuador
Our brand is Deluxe Premium Bananas. Currently we export bananas to Serbia, Netherlands and Ukraine.


Any doubts or comments please do not hesitate to contact us

Sincerely,
Diana Radzikhovska
Business Manager
Vilania S.A.
Mob: +593-9-94895568
skype: radzikhovska
export@deluxe.com.ec
www.deluxe.com

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

Hey Diana! You really have some great conditions to grow bananas.

Whether or not my bananas make, they are beautiful and we love to see them blooming. Hopefully, we too will have some bananas!

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

what type and variety do you produce??do you not sell in usa, or Is chiquita too big to compete with??

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

I wish you good luck in your harvesting!
It's amazing that people try to grow bananas in the climate that is not original for the nature of bananas.

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

We sell Cavendish variety mostly, it's the most common variety in Ecuador for export. Also baby bananas and red bananas. But the demend isnt so big for this bananas, so of course volumes are very small for export.

I uploaded some pictures of our products in the gallery

We work now with Europe. We never had a chance to make business with USA unfortunately. But I know many ecuadorian companies that export to New York and Miami. So Chiquita and Del monte are not the only one on the american market :)

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

Welcome Aboard, it's great to have you.

You probably won't do well in the USA market with the Cavendish. The vast majority of Americans seem to prefer a cooking banana as their dessert banana, although there is a member in San Diego that appreciates the Cavendish. and there might be some Closet Cavendish Lovers.

It seems the Namwah is the preferred dessert banana in the USA and it is also the most popular cooking banana in Cuba.

We have a member here that is doing great in the Florida Market with Namwahs.
He gets $36 per carton box of 18.14 kg., here in PR we have to make a profit at $7. It's incredible but that extra $29 would be pure profit.

At those prices a farmer in Ecuador could retire after the first crop.:ha::ha::ha:

What is a ballpark figure that a farmer gets in your country?

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

All depends on the conditions of business, but I think minimum profit they should have is from 1.5-2.0 usd and up. So, its not so bad business for wholesales in Ecuador :)

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

Just to be clear...

A farmer in Ecuador gets $1.50 to $2.00 per 40 lbs.

Re: Hello to everybody from Ecuador!!!
 

..sad...