TIU LAUREL MEETS IMPORTERS OF PH BANANAS IN JAPAN

TIU LAUREL MEETS IMPORTERS OF PH BANANAS IN JAPAN

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., accompanied by a high-level delegation and representatives from the Philippine banana industry, recently met with Japanese importers in Tokyo to address challenges to the country’s banana exports in lucrative Japanese market. Though the Philippines still holds the largest share of the Japanese market, supplying three out of every four bananas consumed, this figure has declined from a peak of nine i…