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The Bureau of Customs (BOC), under the leadership of Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, marked a historic milestone in Philippine trade by facilitating the country’s first-ever direct export of Guimaras Geographical Indication (GI) mangoes to the European market through the Port of Iloilo. The shipment consists of 100 kilograms of premium mangoes, which was officially dispatched during […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), along with other government agencies and private sector partners, celebrated a major milestone in Philippine food exports. The group held a special send-off ceremony for the very first commercial shipment of fresh Philippine mangoes to Canada. The event took place at the Philippine Airlines International Cargo Terminal. Key […]
The Philippines is stepping up efforts to expand the global reach of its prized Guimaras mangoes, with a new export shipment to Europe and Hong Kong highlighting growing ambitions to penetrate premium overseas markets and create more income opportunities for Filipino farmers. Some 200 kilograms of fresh mangoes from Kokomojo Mango Farm in Sibunag, Guimaras […]
The Philippines made its first commercial shipment of fresh Carabao mangoes to Toronto, Canada on June 3, marking another milestone in the Marcos administration’s push to diversify export markets and reduce the country’s reliance on traditional agricultural buyers. The Department of Agriculture (DA) was part of send-off ceremony at the Philippine Airlines cargo terminal in […]
Fresh, juicy, and undeniably Filipino is how Philippine mangoes sweetened-up the show at the “Serbisyo Caravan” in Rome, the Italian city once known as Caput Mundi—the capital of the world. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. made a special stop at the mango booth during the World Food Forum events at the United Nations Food […]
The Philippines is actively pursuing deeper agricultural trade ties with Egypt, with Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. meeting with Egyptian Ambassador Nader Nabil Zaki recently to explore broader market access for high-value Philippine produce, particularly mangoes and bananas. The discussions form part of a larger effort by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to diversify […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is expanding the reach of Guimaras Mangoes by collaborating with Shopee and LBC Express to enhance the online market reach of Guimaras mangoes. This initiative aims to onboard local mango sellers onto the Shopee platform. This move will streamline a reliable delivery system to empower the local farmers […]
The Department of Agriculture will invite experts from Sun & Earth Microbiology LLC, a Florida-headquartered biotechnology company, to help eliminate Cecid fly infestation that undermines Philippine mango production and export. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. said the DA is open to the idea of testing the products of Sun & Earth, whose chief executive […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar urged mango stakeholders to join efforts to address current issues affecting the mango industry during the opening of the 2nd Luzon Mango Congress at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) Convention Hall recently. “Kami ay kasama niyo upang matugunan natin ng tama ang mga problema at hamong kinakaharap ng […]
Philippine-grown pineapples and mangoes will soon find their way through additional ports of entry in the United States. This favorable development came after the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) and the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) mutually agreed on and threshed out several pending issues, […]