Davao de Oro province, one of the country’s richest province, is looking at free trade agreements the Philippines has with trading partners to tap the export market for its products.
DAVAO CITY—
“It also intends to take a closer look at various free trade agreements in existing and new Free Trade Areas as well as update existing and potential exporters on the various opportunities included in the free trade agreements that they could maximize,” said DTI Davao de Oro Provincial Director Lucky Siegfred M. Balleque.
The top commodity is fresh banana, he said, that is exported to the Middle East, the Asean region and countries like Japan, China and Korea. Balleque said there are 14 banana exporters from the province who wanted to expand the countries of destination for existing fresh banana products.
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