Philippines Gears Up to Export Durian and Other Tropical Fruits to China
The Philippines is now gearing up for the $2 billion of Durian and other tropical fruits export deal to China.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has revealed that they are now preparing for the fruit export agreement with China. Agriculture Assistant Secretary Rex Estoperez, the DA’s deputy spokesperson, announced during a news conference that the processes to begin exporting durian to China are now being finalized.
“That formal meeting we had with our delegation in China will happen on Friday together with the Executive Committee, but the only thing I know that is being finalized now is that we export Durian there to China,” that officer.
On January 9, DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban and Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel De Mesa convened a special meeting with Regional Executive Directors (RED) and Bureau of Plant Industry officials to discuss the export project plan.
The DA is preparing to expand durian production in the country in order to meet the Chinese market’s demand for fresh durian. Panganiban charged the concerned REDs with identifying prospective areas for expansion and developing the appropriate work and financial strategies to sustain durian exports during the meeting.
Aside from durian, coconuts and bananas are also included in China’s fruit export agreement, based on the report. During President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr’s recent visit to China, 14 bilateral agreements were signed to address the protocols for the “phytosanitary criteria for the export of fresh durians from the Philippines to China”.
“May nal” There has been created what we are now calling the ‘Durian Protocol’ because they are opening their trade to imports of durian and other agricultural products from the Philippines, so that we can regress the imbalance in our imports and exports from China ,” Marcos revealed after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week
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