JFC bankruptcy forced 50% rise in banana price

Posted on 06.03.2012 at 07:26.

Since the Joint Fruit Company (JFC) filed for bankruptcy last month the price of bananas in Russia has jumped 50%.

JFC had cited the Arab Spring as the reason behind its bankruptcy.

Russia is the world’s fourth largest banana consuming country and imported 1.3 million tons in 2011.

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