Tonga’s Banana
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Exports At Rerord Level
A total of 41,281 cases of bananas were exported from Tonga in September—the greatest per month since the export of bananas began. The previous record, established in December, 1956, was 34,000 -odd cases.
The year’s total for 1956 of 184.000 —the previous record for 12 months—has already been broken this year. To the end of September, 196,211 cases had been shipped.
The manager of the Tonga produce board, Mr. A Johans son, said recently that the main reasons for the good figures this year were the easing of import restrictions in New Zealand, a decrease in Fiji’s banana exports because of the flood and hur ricane late last year, and a decrease in exports from West ern Samoa because of severe banana diseases.