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chapter 2: economic and policy analysis of the banana sector in ecuador and implications for social and environmental sustainability
Figure 11 Share of value capture along the banana value chain
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Figure 12 Value distribution for banana in two supermarkets in the United Kingdom, 2006
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distribution of margins along the value chain. From €22.4 paid by the consumer for a large box of bananas, the retailer secures 38 percent of the share, while the rest is split between importers/ripeners (9.5 percent), EU tariffs (14.5 percent), shippers (14.5 percent), plantation owners and exporters (20.5 percent) and plantation workers (3 percent). The same survey of a second supermarket showed that the retailer captures 38 percent of the consumer price; importers/ ripeners, 12 percent; EU tariffs, 14.5 percent; shippers, 14.5 percent; plantation owners and exporters, 18.5 percent; and plantation workers, 2.5 percent (Banana Link).
This irregular and fairly consistent distribution of banana value share also exists in relation to organic or Fairtrade Certification bananas, despite the higher retail
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