Random facts
Total Worldwide banana production: 65 MILLION TONS (only about 20% of that number is exports - Brazil and India barely factor into banana exports and Uganda's total banana production is consumed internally.
American consumption of bananas: 3.8 million tons
American Per Capita consumption: nearly 26lb
World wide per capita consumption: 20 lb
(that's a lot of bananas!)
I only mention this wackiness because Good Eats on FoodTV was on "bananas" and I thought that one of their numbers on banana stats was high...it was. (they claimed that Americans consume 75lb/yr, which seemed high)
American consumption of bananas: 3.8 million tons
American Per Capita consumption: nearly 26lb
World wide per capita consumption: 20 lb
(that's a lot of bananas!)
I only mention this wackiness because Good Eats on FoodTV was on "bananas" and I thought that one of their numbers on banana stats was high...it was. (they claimed that Americans consume 75lb/yr, which seemed high)
posted by Andy in San Diego and Elsewhere at 4/15/2005 10:22:00 AM
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