Up to October 2019, sales abroad totaled $611 million, exceeding by 5% the amount reported for the same period in 2018.

The most recent figures of the General Comptroller of the Republic, detail that between January and October 2018 and the same period in 2019 exports reported a rise, going from $584 million to $611 million.

For the periods in question, banana exports grew 33%, increasing from $86 million to $114 million, and in the case of watermelon sales rose by 34%, from $9 million to $12 million.

Fish sales, on the other hand, recorded a 24% drop, falling from $52 million to $39 million.

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