{"id":30079,"date":"2022-01-24T18:11:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30079"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:44:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:44:15","slug":"demands-for-exotic-fruits-from-ecuador-increase-by-twofold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/demands-for-exotic-fruits-from-ecuador-increase-by-twofold\/","title":{"rendered":"Demands for exotic fruits from Ecuador increase by twofold \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s trade with Ecuador rose sharply after 2015. At the time, the Western Balkan nation imported 15,000 tons of goods. 7 years after, the sale of fruits doubled.<\/p>\n<p>Boxes of bananas, loaded on the ports of Ecuador travel over 12,000 kilometers to reach their final destination, Albania. Companies that order these shipments have expanded significantly in the Albanian market.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30080\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1638\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1.png 1638w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-696x391.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1-1068x601.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tropical fruits arriving from the South American country make up 85% of the overall imports, followed by sea products (13%). Last year, Albania paid more than 3 billion Albanian Lek (\u20ac24,813,895) to Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>These figures only account for the goods declared at the customs, leaving out the equation the amounts of drugs seized at the borders, and what might have potentially slipped under the eye of law enforcement authorities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30082\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1629\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1.png 1629w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-696x391.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2-1-1068x600.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1629px) 100vw, 1629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the past 4 years, Albanian authorities busted over 1 ton of cocaine. 15 shipments arriving from Ecuador were seized at the port of Durres, while many other containers have been stopped on the other side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/31\/another-3-arrested-over-links-to-cocaine-bust-in-exotic-fruits-truck\/\">Another 3 arrested over links to cocaine bust in exotic fruits truck<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/16\/cocaine-drug-trafficking-opens-tens-of-new-companies-importing-exotic-fruits-from-latin-america\/\">Cocaine drug-trafficking opens dozens of new companies importing exotic fruits from Latin America | Unpublished<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/09\/15\/613-kg-of-cocaine-defendant-claims-prosecution-set-him-up-to-protect-real-traffickers\/\">613 kg of cocaine, defendant claims Prosecution set him up to protect real traffickers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s trade with Ecuador rose sharply after 2015. At the time, the Western Balkan nation imported 15,000 tons of goods. 7 years after, the sale of fruits doubled. Boxes of bananas, loaded on the ports of Ecuador travel over 12,000 kilometers to reach their final destination, Albania. 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