Philippine Banana Production And Exporting

The Philippine banana industry is one of our best agricultural products. Most of the banana producers are found in Mindanao the southernmost island of our country. It started in Davao del Norte around the 60’s and has flourished to eleven provinces with about 50,000 hectares of farmland.  It is estimated that 35 billion pesos is invested in this agricultural industry which includes the cost of infrastructure, planting and distribution.

Bananas

Bananas

Worldwide banana exporting and consumption

Fun Fact: The worldwide consumption of bananas is around 220,000 tons a day or  80 million tons per year. In Uganda each person eats around 1.33 lbs per day. Now that’s going bananas!

The top 10 banana producers in the world are as shown in the chart below.

Top 10 Banana Producers

Top 10 Banana Producers (image source - wikipedia.org)

Philippine banana exporting

Bananas

Bananas

The banana exports of the Philippines is actually our 5th largest export product. In 2008, the industry has contributed taxes of almost 400 million pesos. We are also seen as one of the strongest producers of this food product worldwide because of our low production cost and quality. The banana production and exporting in our country continues to see tremendous growth and popularity.

Our banana exports are very competitive and is the 3rd biggest in the world. We are also the only country in Asia that is among the top 5 in this industry. Approximately 150 million boxes each weighing 14 kilos were exported in 2008 to our main customers which are Japan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea, China, Singapore, Middle East, Canada, Russia and Indonesia.

ManilaTrade supports the growth of our Philippine exports

To help the growth of our Philippine export products ManilaTrade is looking for banana producers and exporters to feature in our website. By using the latest internet marketing techniques, the presence of our Pinoy products in the global market can reach new heights.

If you are in the banana production or exporting industry please send us an email at John@Manilatrade.com so we can feature your business in our website. For interested importers you can also send us an email so we can connect you to the best local suppliers.

Resources:

http://www.pbgea.org

http://www.dti.gov.ph

http://www.wikipedia.org

 

About John Dela Cruz

John Dela Cruz is an internet marketer and the author of ManilaTrade - Home of Philippine products, business and trading. He is also a fish farm business owner and an exporter.