Philippines: Official urges Australia to lift import ban on bananas
“As a former Minister of Agriculture, I will raise with you the issue of the banana imports. We have been working at that for 20 years, probably. And we have not been able to ship to you a single box of bananas,” he told Ms. Bishop, the Finance department said in a statement.
“Japan accepts our bananas, China accepts our bananas, even the Middle East accepts our bananas,” Mr. Dominguez added.
As of January, fresh bananas were the Philippine's 15th largest export valued at $41.91 million.
source: bworldonline.com
