A JAPANESE COMPANY, fruit packer Diamond Star Corp., has expressed interest in importing 100 metric tons of mango, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piol said, an order which is expected to help address oversupply conditions after an El Ni-fueled bumper crop.
A JAPANESE COMPANY, fruit packer Diamond Star Corp., has expressed interest in importing 100 metric tons of mango, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piol said, an order which is expected to help address oversupply conditions after an El Ni-fueled bumper crop.
In a social media post, Mr. Piol said Diamond Star, which has been importing papayas, pineapple, mango, bananas and turnips from the Philippines, signaled its plans to the Agriculture attaché in Tokyo, Samuel Animas, this week.
This deal (comes) in time (for) the estimated surplus harvest of 2 million kilos of mango. The Department of Agriculture (DA) will be setting a meeting with Diamond Star and mango farmers from Luzon.
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