哥斯达黎加农业月活动指数显示,2015年9月,香蕉和菠萝拖了农产品销售的后腿,使农业销售整体出现负增长,农业月活动指数下降了3.21%,略低于前一个月(3.47%)。该行业已经连续12个月出现下降,如果从增长率开始减少的时间计算,已经连续出现18个月了。据中央银行宏观经济统计部门的数据,9月菠萝和香蕉产量分别下降了8.2%和12%。由于受厄尔尼诺影响,在加勒比海和哥斯达黎加北部地区过多的降雨影响了这两种水果的产量,这种影响还可能持续到2016年年初。 The Costa Rica Agricultural Month Activity Index showed that in September 2015, bananas and pineapples dragged down the sales of agricultural products, causing the overall negative growth in agricultural sales. The index of agricultural monthly activities dropped by 3.21%, slightly lower than the previous month (3.47%). The industry has been declining for 12 consecutive months, and 18 months have passed since the time it started to decrease. According to data from the Central Bank’s Macroeconomic Statistics Unit, output of pineapples and bananas dropped 8.2% and 12% respectively in September. As a result of the El Niño impact, excessive rainfall in the Caribbean Sea and Northern Costa Rica has affected both fruit production, which is likely to continue into early 2016.