Banana imports to Poland in 2021

The volume of banana imports to Poland (CN category 08039010 - Fresh Bananas) in 2021 amounted to 514.1 thousand tonnes, and its value to 1285.8 million PLN (1.3 billion PLN). This represents a year-on-year decline in both volume and value terms.

In 2020, imports in this category amounted to 562.8 thousand tonnes and PLN 1315.7 million. This results in a year-on-year decrease in volume by 48.7 thousand tonnes, i.e. by 8.7 percent, and a decrease in value by PLN 29.9 million, i.e. by 2.3 percent.

The average price of bananas imported to Poland was 2.50 PLN/kg in 2021, compared with 2.343 PLN/kg in 2020, i.e. up by 6.8 per cent.

Ecuador remains the leading banana supplier to Poland, with imports rising from 210.3 to 211.98 thousand tonnes between 2020 and 2021.

Colombia remains in second place, with volumes falling from 191.6 to 135.4 thousand tonnes.

In third place, Costa Rica increased its deliveries from 65.2 to 71.4 thousand tonnes.

In fourth place, Guatemala increased its deliveries from 38.1 to 41.9 thousand tonnes.

Cameroon moved up to fifth from sixth, increasing deliveries from 7.4 to 16.0 thousand tonnes.

Panama dropped from fifth to seventh place with imports decreasing from 26.8 to 7.9 thousand tonnes.

source: data from the Central Statistical Office

The highest average price among these countries in 2021 was for bananas imported from Costa Rica at 2.61 zlotys per kilo. The cheapest bananas were imported from Guatemala - an average of 2.37 PLN/kg, and those from the largest supplier, Ecuador, had an average price of 2.60 PLN/kg.