ABS-CBNNews.com reports: "Local bananas will finally be able to break into the American market after officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed that multinational Dole Philippines will ’soon’ export bananas from Mindanao to the United States."
The report also quoted an official of Dole Philippines, who spoke on condition of anonymity, who said that "the company will start shipping one container of bananas to the US per week. The official also disclosed that the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has completed inspection of their farms in Mindanao in southern Philippines." The official also disclosed that apart from the U.S., "the company has started to export Philippine bananas to Mongolia."
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