How much bananas do China produce?

China's bananas production

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Share of world output over time

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 0.3%, 1970s 0.3%, 1980s 1.8%, 1990s 4.6%, 2000s 7.7%, 2010s 9.6%, 2020s 8.7%. See the concentration-over-time report.

China as a buyer of bananas

China imported $981.1 million of bananas and plantains (HS 0803) in 2024, 6.3% of world imports, ranked #3. Of its $981.1 million of bananas imports in 2024, 27% came from Vietnam and 26% from the Philippines, among 19 suppliers. Largest sources: Vietnam (27%), Philippines (26%), Myanmar (15%), Cambodia (15%), Ecuador (11%).

Import dependency · Supplier shifts

How much bananas China uses

China's domestic supply of bananas was 13.4 million tonnes in 2023, 10% of the world's. Food supply was 7.6 kg per person a year, 80th highest of 140 countries with a million or more people. It produced 87% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 13%. FAO's item is "Bananas". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The bananas price China sells into

The benchmark price, Central and South America, US import, was $1.12/kg in September 2026, up 10% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 26% a year, calmer in 24% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Bananas price history.