From a high point of 400,000 metric tons, exports fell to only 25,000 tons in 2003, pushed to the side by cheap bananas from the Philippines and Central and South America.
從全盛時期一年出口 40 萬公噸，至 2003 年大幅滑落到僅餘 2 萬 5000 公噸，節節敗退，被菲律賓和中南美洲的廉價香蕉逼至市場一隅。