US interdiction in the 1980s eroded the island's regional advantage, but supply stayed steady and growers turned to exporting to neighbouring islands, organising into alliances modelled on the Banana Growers' Association.[1] By 2000 the crop was estimated at US$40 million even after 10 percent eradication, outpacing bananas.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines here.
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