Previous                 Philately Goes Bananas                 Next United States The United States produced 3,467,000 tonnes of bananas in 2019, ranking 96th in the world, after Bhutan and before Trinidad and Tobago. Most banana production is in Hawaii and Florida. Relatively high labour and land costs encourage the production of specialty crops such as the Hawaiian apple banana, Thai bananas and cooking bananas (Bluggoe type) as well as organic production. Date of Issue: June 30, 2016 Series: Soda Fountain Favorites Design: Banana Split Date of Issue: April 24, 2023 Series: Roy Lichtenstein's Pop Art Design: "Still Life With Crystal Bowl" (1972), acrylic, oil and graphite pencil on canvas painting, part of the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Sources Evans, Edward and Fredy Ballen. "Banana Market." UF IFAS Extension. 8 Apr. 2018. Web.      24 May 2023. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FE901 Previous                                                Next Return to the Banana Stamps from Around the World Index Page.