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Table 1.2. Regional significance of tropical and subtropical fruits: Fruits in the top 20 commodities
produced. 1

Region Tropical and Subtropical Fruits in Top 20 Commodities Produced

Africa
Eastern Africa Plantain (5), banana (6), mango (17)

Middle Africa Plantain (3), banana (4), palm Oil (15), mango (18)

Northern Africa Olive (6), date (11), orange (13)

Southern Africa Orange (11)

Western Africa Citrus, minor (7), plantain (9), palm oil (18)

Americas
North America

Orange (16)

Central America Banana (5), mango, mangosteen, guava (10), orange (12), avocado (14),

lemon and lime (16), pineapple (17)

Caribbean Mango, mangosteen, guava (5), banana (7), plantain (10), avocado (13), orange (16)

South America Banana (8), orange (11)

Asia
Central Asia

Watermelon (20)

Eastern Asia Watermelon (17)

Southern Asia Mango, mangosteen, guava (6), banana (8)

South-Eastern Asia Palm Oil (2), banana (7), coconut (9), mango, mangosteen, guava (10),

palm kernel (15), pineapple (20)

Western Asia Olives (7), date (12)

Europe
Eastern Europe —

Northern Europe —

Southern Europe Olive (1), orange (12), tangerine, mandarin, clementine (19)

Western Europe —

Oceania
Australia and New
Zealand

Kiwifruit (13), Orange (20)

Melanesia Banana (3), palm oil (5), coconut (6), palm kernel (18)

Micronesia Coconut (1), banana (3), watermelons (14), plantain (20)

Polynesia Coconut (1), banana (3), mango, mangosteen, guava (11), pineapple (12)

1 Numbers in parentheses are commodity ranks for respective regions.
Source: Adapted from FAO (2011).

and 88.86%, respectively. The top ten mango, mangosteen,
and guava producing countries were India, China, Thailand,
Pakistan, Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, Bangladesh, and the
Philippines (FAO, 2011).

an increase of 52.26% from 73.57 million MT in 1990.
Asia and Africa saw major increases in total production at
125.43% and 70.08%, respectively. In the Americas (North,
Central, and South), after a growth of 41.72% from 1999 to
2000, production decreased 13.58% from 2000 to 2010. The
production of citrus group fruits in Europe remained fairly
unchanged during the last two decades. On an individual
fruit basis, oranges, grapefruit, lemon and lime, and tanger-
ine had increases of 39.84%, 70.70%, 96.38%, and 69.99%,

Citrus group
The citrus group includes oranges, grapefruit, lemon and
lime, and tangerine. The 2010 world production of citrus
fruits was 112.01 million MT (Fig. 1.5), which represented