Companies that evade the payment of the minimum support price of the banana will lose license to export

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will initiate a process of reviewing payments to verify that producers receive the agreed price.

growth was in the order of 20% in dollars and 8% in volume, compared to 2020. Until December, this segment managed to place $18,091 million in different destinations worldwide.Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), through the Undersecretariat of Musaceae Strengthening, a process of reviewing payments that are made through the Interbank Payment System (SPI) will begin to confirm that exporting companies are canceling the minimum support price (PMS) to banana producers.

The banana is the second non -oil export product in the country, with $ 2,345 million from January to August of this year; which, however, represented 10 % less than the same period of 2020.

The current PMS for the banana box for this year is $ 6.25, which will remain in force for 2022, as arranged by the MAG at the end of last October.

This decision to maintain the PMS for next year generated the complaint of the producer sector, which sought that the banana box is located for 2022 at least at $ 7.19. While the export sector, whose proposal was to maintain the current price, is in accordance with the decision of the authority, taken after a meeting of the Banana Advisory Council.

Meanwhile, the willingness to review the payments is once the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock,Pedro Álava, he instructed the Undersecretariat for Strengthening of Musaceae “that is relentless” with the export companies that disrespect the payment of the PMS of the fruit box, as the MAG reported through a statement.

The statement warns that companies that disrespect the PMS payment will lose their export license.