<P> John Kidwell is credited with the introduction of the pineapple industry to Hawaii; large - scale pineapple cultivation by US companies began in the early 1900s . Among the most famous and influential pineapple industrialists was James Dole, who moved to Hawaii in 1899 and started a pineapple plantation in 1900 . The companies Dole and Del Monte began growing pineapples on the island of Oahu in 1901 and 1917, respectively . Dole's pineapple company began with the acquisition of 60 acres (24 ha) of land in 1901, and grew into a major company, the Dole Food Company . Maui Pineapple Company began pineapple cultivation on the island of Maui in 1909 . </P> <P> In the US, in 1986, the Pineapple Research Institute was dissolved and its assets divided between Del Monte and Maui Land and Pineapple . Del Monte took cultivar' 73--114', dubbed' MD - 2', to its plantations in Costa Rica, found it to be well - suited to growing there, and launched it publicly in 1996 as' Gold Extra Sweet', while Del Monte also began marketing' 73--50', dubbed' CO-2', as' Del Monte Gold' . </P> <P> Dole ceased its cannery operations in Honolulu in 1991, and in 2008, Del Monte terminated its pineapple - growing operations in Hawaii . In 2009, the Maui Pineapple Company reduced its operations to supply pineapples only locally on Maui, and by 2013, only the Dole Plantation on Oahu grew pineapples in a volume of about 0.1 percent of the world's production . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Pineapple production--2014 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> (millions of tonnes) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Costa Rica </Td> <Td> 2.9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> 2.6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> 2.5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> 1.9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> 1.8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> 1.7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> World </Td> <Td> 25.4 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Source: FAOSTAT of the United Nations </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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