Japan Faces Banana Shortage Due to Middle East Conflict Impact
Japan is experiencing a potential banana shortage, with concerns that bananas may disappear from dining tables, due to an ethylene shortage linked to the impact of the Middle East conflict.
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Japan Faces Shortage of Bananas as Middle East Impact Spreads - Bloomberg.com
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Japan is slipping towards a banana shortage crisis, the latest disruption linked to the Middle East conflict. The reason: the country ships in the tropical fruit while it is still green, then ripens it in rooms filled with ethylene before bunches reach store shelves. Supplies of the naphtha-derived gas are running low in an economy that imports more than 90 per cent of its crude oil. Japan bought about 1 million tonnes of bananas last year, making the fruit one of the country’s most important...
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Read full article →Japan faces banana shortage as impact from Middle East conflict spreads
The country ships in the tropical fruit while it's still green, then ripens it in rooms filled with ethylene, but supplies of the naphtha-derived gas are running low.
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