SOURCE: Catherine Talavera, Philstar Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the tariffs on the country’s banana and processed pineapple exports to South Korea would gradually be eliminated after the signing of a free trade agreement (FTA). Trade Undersecretary and Board of Investments (BOI) managing head Ceferino Rodolfo said theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sheldeen Joy Talavera, Business World Production of Cavendish bananas, the main export variety, remains threatened by Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, likely dampening exports, according to the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA). “For the first three months, our production was even worse than last year. We’re kindContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Straits Times The Philippines has shipped its first batch of fresh durian to China, three months after Manila and Beijing signed a trade agreement that is forecast to generate some US$150 million (S$199 million) worth of export revenue for the Philippines. The Philippine Agriculture Ministry said 28 tonnesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Business Mirror Guatemala is the largest economy in Central America and is an upper-middle country based on its GDP per capita of $4,603 in 2020, according to the World Bank. The Washington-based multilateral lending institution characterized its economy as having “the least volatile growth among its structural and aspirationalContinue Reading
The Philippine Cavendish banana has been keeping its head barely above water, despite growing stiff competition from Latin American growers and a still creeping and devastating Panama disease at home. It’s still holding its market though, government regulators and private growers would say, although the percentage share of what wasContinue Reading
SOURCE: Liam O’Callaghan, Fruitnet The Philippines’ share of Asian banana exports has plunged from 90 per cent to 60 per cent according to data from The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). In its final Banana Market Review 2021 report, the FAO said production challenges and the increase inContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The overpowering smell of Davao’s famous durian may soon reach the biggest market for the pungent fruit. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Wednesday (Sept 7) said his country, the biggest importer of the fruit, had approved the entry of fresh durian from the Philippines.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Antonio L. Colina IV, MindaNews Davao City-based Avante Agri Products Philippines Inc. agricultural company will export two 40-footer container vans of pineapples and papayas to Singapore next week. This came after the company signed a memorandum of agreement with Singaporean buyers during a business mission to Singapore from AugustContinue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza The lockdown in Shanghai is over and the sales of import pineapples have resumed, but market conditions are chaotic. The sales figures are not as good as traders anticipated. One seller of Philippine pineapples in Jiaxing Wholesale Market recently talked about current conditions in the market. “Sales ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Keith Anthony Fabro, Rappler For 30 years, Melinda Gimotea has been farming seaweeds off the coast of Sitio Balintang in Palawan province’s southern town of Quezon. Along the coast, a pungent fishy smell mixes with sea breeze as women like her in their village are commonly seen under theirContinue Reading
SOURCE: Dhel Nazario, Manila Bulletin Bicol’s queen pineapple as well as the pili nut received support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Science for Change Program (S4CP) by providing both products with innovation centers. This is part of the aim of boosting the innovation capacity ofContinue Reading
SOURCE: Rizalina K. Araral, DOST-FPRDI What can be done with banana processing wastes? A researcher from the Forest Products Research and Development Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-FPRDI) says that if these wastes are banana fruit stalks (also called peduncles), they can be used to make thermalContinue Reading