According to Arturo Milan, co-chair of the Regional Development Council-Davao, the resumption of the direct connectivity between Davao and Quanzhou would support recovery efforts in trade with China from the impact of COVID-19. The twice weekly Davao-Quanzhou-Davao flights were launched on December 18, 2018, but were halted in February 2020 amid reports of an outbreak of a “mysterious virus” emanating from a seafood market in Wuhan, China.
Milan said that the business sector expects agricultural trade to increase, benefiting small growers of fruits like durian, avocado, pineapple, mangoes, dragon fruits and other highly perishable crops. He added that Mindanao could benefit from the direct connectivity because it could access “cheap but high quality products in China that we don’t produce locally.”
Source: mindanews.com
