Table 2. Production of Fresh Fruit in Developing Countries: Summary (Metric Tonnes, Average, Annual Growth Rate, Share)

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		1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	AVG 86-90	AVG 91-95	GT 86-95
		MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	MT	(MT)	(MT)	(%)
1	North Africa	10,361,894	10,467,794	10,361,399	11,337,308	11,584,480	11,984,071	11,997,736	12,111,707	12,030,023	12,080,338	13,025,636	10,822,575	12,040,775	1.55	12,080,338	13,025,636	10,822,575	12,040,775	1.55
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	31,503,725	31,667,099	32,066,373	33,611,869	33,808,362	34,935,246	35,135,556	36,050,640	37,360,919	37,537,117	37,919,155	32,531,486	36,203,896	1.77
3	Centr. America	22,232,873	23,507,402	23,577,493	25,355,219	25,503,266	24,689,835	25,803,983	25,740,528	25,856,998	27,408,198	28,083,664	24,035,251	25,899,908	2.11
4	2.11
4	South America	46,920,839	50,865,861	52,558,080	54,668,032	54,787,868	57,975,638	60,075,085	60,240,766	62,020,855	64,976,456	68,141,227	51,960,136	61,057,760	3.31
5	China	31,173,331	36,575,732	37,501,015	36,625,582	35,403,100	38,362,588	44,465,618	54,059,624	58,161,291	64,886,053	68,031,833	35,455,752	51,987,035	7.61
6	Near East in Asia	32,341,642	w Roman">	6	Near East in Asia	32,341,642	32,258,778	33,034,532	31,264,705	34,574,971	34,223,953	35,854,862	35,950,252	38,194,595	38,325,722	38,602,835	32,694,926	36,509,877	1.71
7	East & S. East Asia	29,269,402	29,410,600	29,905,503	29,992,967	30,388,377	31,075,332	32,059,495	33,006,785	33,711,327	34,092,741	34,189,672	29,793,370	32,789,136	1.54
8	South Asia	33,871,117	34,162,624	33,722,073	35,672,198	34,162,624	33,722,073	35,672,198	37,862,729	39,700,768	41,533,700	44,530,698	47,592,250	48,110,340	48,360,851	35,058,148	44,293,551	3.57
9	Oceania D.ing	1,074,932	1,130,386	1,190,870	1,226,989	1,233,596	1,237,403	1,265,060	1,281,091	1,287,789	1,299,795	1,299,845	1,171,354	1,274,228	1.92
	Total Fr. Fruit D.ing	238,749,755	250,046,276	253,917,338	259,754,869	265,146,749	253,917,338	259,754,869	265,146,749	274,184,834	288,191,095	302,972,091	316,216,047	328,716,760	337,654,718	253,522,997	302,056,165	3.25
	Total Fr.Fruit World	395,281,065	403,570,289	406,079,349	419,156,991	425,306,218	421,592,918	432,569,278	440,179,187	446,241,246	456,986,422	469,056,698	409,878,782	439,513,810	1.46
1	North Africa	4.34%	4.19%	4.08%	4.36%	4.37%	4.37%	4.16%	4.00%	3.80%	3.67%	3.86%
3.86%
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	13.20%	12.66%	12.63%	12.94%	12.75%	12.74%	12.19%	11.90%	11.81%	11.42%	11.23%
3	Centr. America	9.31%	9.40%	9.29%	9.76%	9.62%	9.00%	8.95%	8.50%	8.18%	8.34%	8.32%
4	South America	19.65%	20.34%	20.70%	21.05%	19.65%	20.34%	20.70%	21.05%	20.66%	21.14%	20.85%	19.88%	19.61%	19.77%	20.18%
5	China	13.06%	14.63%	14.77%	14.10%	13.35%	13.99%	15.43%	17.84%	18.39%	19.74%	20.15%
6	Near East in Asia	13.55%	12.90%	13.01%	12.04%	13.04%	12.48%	12.44%	11.87%	12.08%	11.66%	11.43% 12.44%	11.87%	12.08%	11.66%	11.43%
7	East & S. East Asia	12.26%	11.76%	11.78%	11.55%	11.46%	11.33%	11.12%	10.89%	10.66%	10.37%	10.13%
8	South Asia	14.19%	13.66%	13.28%	13.73%	14.28%	14.48%	14.41%	14.70%	15.05%	14.64%	14.32%
9	Oceania D.ing
9	Oceania D.ing	0.45%	0.45%	0.47%	0.47%	0.47%	0.45%	0.44%	0.42%	0.41%	0.40%	0.38%
	Total Fr. fr. D.ing	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
	Developing/World	60.40%	61.96%	eft"> Developing/World	60.40%	61.96%	62.53%	61.97%	62.34%	65.04%	66.62%	68.83%	70.86%	71.93%	71.99%
	Total Fr. Fruit World	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Source: World Tables on Fruit and Vegetable Development (derived from FAO database).

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