Updated at 2:24 p.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Hawaii banana sales up 7% to $9.8 million in 2006
Advertiser Staff
Higher average prices helped push Hawai'i banana sales up 7 percent to $9.8 million in 2006 from 2005, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.Hawai'i's 2006 banana utilization for fresh market fell 4 percent to 20 million pounds. Statewide total banana acreage was estimated at 1,200 acres, which was 5 percent higher than 2005. Harvested acreage increased 2 percent to 1,000 acres.
