| International Consultation on Tropical Fruits The first intergovernmental meeting on tropical fruit in Kuala Lumpur (15 -
19 July) was attended by Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, France,
Germany, Greece, Honduras, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia,
Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, the United Arab
Emirates, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe.
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In 1995, 42 million tonnes
(mts) of tropical fruit was
grown worldwide. Of this,
1.5 mts worth US$1.3
billion was exported
(bananas excluded from
these statistics).
Main fruits traded
included pineapples,
avocados, mangos,
passion fruit, papayas,
guavas, litchis, limes,
mangosteen, durian,
star-fruit and rambutan.
Developed world imports
of the so-called big four --
pineapples, avocados,
mangos and papayas --
averaged 979,000 tonnes
annually over the period
1990-1993.
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