(Business in Cameroon) - According to the Cameroonian Banana Association (Assobacam), close to 133,000 tonnes of bananas have been exported since the start of 2014. The largest of these exports is that of Société des plantations du Haut Penja (PHP). With 55,518 tonnes exported on June 30, 2013, the Cameroonian subsidy of Compagnie fruitière de Marseille, which farms over 7,413 acres of banana plants in the Moungo department, in the coastal region, accounts for 45% of national production. 

The only public banana producer, the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), which is partnered with  the American company, Del Monte is, to date, the second largest exporter with 43,599 tonnes of banana exported in June 2014.

According to Assobacam’s statistics, the largest exports occurred in May 2014, totalling 27,448 tonnes of exports compared to barely 14,000 tonnes for the month of June – the least prolific in terms of banana exports.