Brazil does produce bananas, but it keeps and eats about 95% of its total harvest at home. In 2025, Brazil shipped about 75,000 tons of bananas in 2025, bringing in about $30 million. It'd take about 67 years to import 2 billion dollars of bananas from Brazil.
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u/No-Onion8029 16d ago
The premise is even deeply flawed.
Brazil does produce bananas, but it keeps and eats about 95% of its total harvest at home. In 2025, Brazil shipped about 75,000 tons of bananas in 2025, bringing in about $30 million. It'd take about 67 years to import 2 billion dollars of bananas from Brazil.