RP mangoes to penetrate US, Aussie markets
Monday, December 19, 2005
Davao Sun Star
IT TOOK about ten years for the United States to allow the importation of Guimaras fresh mangoes. The time required for the importation of mangoes produced elsewhere in the Philippines will be much shorter now, said Hernani Golez, National Mango Research and Development Center (NMRDC) chair.
"We have very high chances of exporting to the US and Australia soon," Golez declared.
Golez, who spoke at the recent 7th National Mango Congress in Zamboanga City, said these countries have commissioned projects to determine the food safety for RP mangoes at the production and post-harvest stages.
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