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Often in the headlines for its “bananas regime”, Turkmenistan, it appears, is actually a place where you would struggle to find a banana. EastFruit analysis has shown that a mere estimated 160 grams of banana per person per year is consumed in the remote Central Asian nation, placing the country right at, or at least very near, the bottom of the global rankings for banana consumption. The figure means, the average Turkmen consumes less than one banana annually. Even North Korean consumers have a higher average than that at an estimated 200 grams per person per year. Bananas have long been the …

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