Argentine banana growers give away 30,000 kilos of fruit in protest of imports

Record ID: 904958

  • Title: Argentine banana growers give away 30,000 kilos of fruit in protest of imports
  • Date: 2nd August 2017
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 2, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE IN QUEUE AT PLAZA DE MAYO TO RECEIVE FREE BANANAS SIGN READING 'WE ASK FOR IMPORT LIMITS' VARIOUS OF ARGENTINE BANANA PRODUCERS GIVING AWAY BANANAS TO PEOPLE IN QUEUE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RECEIVING PLASTIC BAGS WITH BANANAS VARIOUS OF PRODUCERS DIVIDING BANANAS INTO BAGS TO BE GIVEN OUT TO PUBLIC PEOPLE STANDING ON LINE MAN EATING BANANA GROWER GIVING AWAY BAG OF BANANAS LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR FREE BANANAS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PANFILO AYALA, DIRECTOR OF ARGENTINE AGRARIAN FEDERATION, SAYING: "Argentina imports about 450,000 tons of bananas. It's the most consumed fruit in the country but it's being brought in during local harvest season and it is causing low prices. Ecuador's price is our cost and it's impossible to continue sustaining this activity at these prices that we are being offered today." PRODUCER PUTTING BANANAS IN BAG STACKED BAGS OF BANANAS TO BE GIVEN AWAY VIEW OF PEOPLE IN QUEUE TO RECEIVE BANANAS FROM VIEWPOINT OF PRODUCER WITH BAGS IN FOREGROUND (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PANFILO AYALA, DIRECTOR OF ARGENTINE AGRARIAN FEDERATION, SAYING: "Five thousand families in three provinces live off of banana cultivation. For each kilo or ton that is imported, they are also importing upheaval because it is causing poverty and it's causing unemployment in Argentina." PEOPLE IN QUEUE TO RECEIVE FREE BANANAS WITH GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BACKGROUND VARIOUS OF STACKED CRATES OF BANANAS VARIOUS OF BANANA PRODUCERS GIVING AWAY FREE BANANAS FEET OF PEOPLE IN QUEUE TO RECEIVE FREE BANANAS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN QUEUE TO RECEIVE BANANAS
  • Embargoed: 16th August 2017 16:33
  • Keywords: bananas imports Argentine growers protest banana imports from Ecuador farmers
  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Economic Events
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016SGSJ7N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Frustrated Argentine banana growers gave away thousands of kilos of fruit in the capital city's Plaza de Mayo on Wednesday (August 2) in protest of imports they say are threatening their livelihood.
    Hundreds stood in queue to receive bags of free fruit and a flyer detailing the concerns of domestic banana growers, who are estimated at 5,000 families, according to the director of the Argentine Agrarian Federation.
    According to growers, consumers pay between 15 and 25 Argentine pesos (.85-1.42 USD) per kilo of fruit but growers receive only 1-1.5 pesos (.06-.09 USD) for the same.
    Growers are demanding imports be stopped and prices to domestic growers be raised to 5 pesos (.28 USD) per kilo.
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