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PASSION FRUIT PRODUCING COUNTRIES
VARIETIES & ORIGINS
There are two commercially grown varieties:
the purple and yellow. The purple passion fruit is only grown
in small quantities and the fresh market is almost
non-existent, but growing, at this point. Therefore most of the
production above is of the yellow variety. The purple variety
is grown in the U.S., Kenya and Australia.
DEMAND IN THE US
Reliable statistics are not available on passion fruit imports
but our current estimate is as follows :
| Ecuador | 2,650,000 lbs |
| Brazil | 1,750,000 lbs |
| Peru | 750,000 lbs |
| Columbia | 750,000 lbs |
| Others | 100,000 lbs |
| Total | 6,000,000 lbs |
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