Although production statistics are unavailable for Belize and Haiti , both export papaya to the United States. Cuba produced 30,000 metric tons, but does not supply any major markets. Brazil is the largest producer of papayas in the world, and the dominant supplier to Europe. In 1993, Brazil produced 1.75 million metric tons of papayas, more than three times 1980 levels. The next largest producers in South America are Peru and Colombia at 62,000 metric tons each.
Brazil is the only country to supply any major markets, however.
Africa Nigeria and Zaire , with harvests in 1993 of 500,000 and 210,000 metric tons respectively, are the largest papaya producers in Africa but do not export product to Europe. The situation is the same for Mozambique , which produced 40,000 metric tons. South Africa produced 22,000 metric tons in 1993, and exports 10 percent of this crop to Europe. Production statistics are unavailable for C te d'Ivoire and Burundi , which both export product to France. India is the second-largest papaya producer in the world after Brazil, with 1.2 million metric tons of production in 1993.