过去10年,英国成为欧盟香蕉消费最多的国家,香蕉进口几乎每年都会破纪录。英国人均年香蕉消费量达18 kg,香蕉进口量在过去20年里翻了一番多,从1995年的47.8万t增加到2015年的116万t。由于进口香蕉零售价格很低,销售商利润被降到了最低,大多数零售商的香蕉售价甚至不足最便宜的苹果 In the past 10 years, the United Kingdom has become the country that consumes most of the EU’s bananas. Banana imports hit record levels every year. In the United Kingdom, average annual banana consumption is 18 kg, banana imports more than doubled in the past 20 years, from 478,000 t in 1995 to 1.16 million t in 2015. Due to the low retail price of imported bananas, the profits of the retailers are reduced to a minimum. Most retailers’ bananas even sell less than the cheapest apple