UNSPSC 50321706: Dried green bananas

The variety of bananas known as green bananas that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321706 Dried green bananas (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers dried green banana products, but the recent opportunities posted under it do not reflect purchases of that specific commodity. Instead, the solicitations tagged with this code focus on fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs and institutional food service—apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus fruits, and other fresh items that fall outside the dried banana category. The issuing bodies are school districts and municipal education departments, notably Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases on behalf of school nutrition centers. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement signals that state and local jurisdictions are either miscoding fresh produce solicitations or that the code is not a meaningful buying category in practice.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Northeast where recent opportunities have posted, with Hancock County, Georgia and Bridgeport, Connecticut driving the tagged activity as of mid-2026. The Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce solicitation (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) spans over 200 line items of fresh produce for delivery to three school locations through June 2027, while the Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center RFQ (BNB053266, due June 26, 2026) covers 115 commodity line items including produce, proteins, and dairy. Both impose Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content for processed products. The code shows no meaningful recent activity aligned with its stated commodity definition and does not warrant pursuit absent clarification of why dried banana products are being solicited under this classification.