PH brings back fresh mango trade to Australia

PH | PH brings back fresh mango trade to Australia | MANILA – The Philippines has started sending fresh mangoes to Australia again, the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) said on Friday.

DA-BPI Director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said that the country first sent off about 1,500 kilogrammes of Carabao mangoes on September 6 at a simple ceremony at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) cargo port.

“Sending fresh mangoes to Australia is a big step forward for our agricultural industry. “This momentous event is the result of careful planning, strict adherence to international quality standards, and the ongoing efforts of our farmers and exporters,” he said in a statement.

Panganiban said that the project opened up new markets for the country’s agricultural products and improved the links between countries that trade with each other.

Herminigilda Gabertan, the DA-BPI’s Assistant Director for Research, Development, and Production Support Services, said that the partnership between the DA-BPI, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), PAL, and the Hi-Las Marketing Corporation, which sent the mangoes to Sydney and Perth, was the first fresh mango export from the Philippines to Australia in 10 years.

“The last time we sent mango to Australia was in 2013, so this is a big step for our mango industry, especially since we really need to promote these products outside of our country,” she said.

Gabertan also thanked the exporters from Hi-Las and other partners in the business sector. He also told them that the government, especially the DA-BPI and the BPI-National Plant Quarantine Services Division (NPQSD), will always help them.

For his part, Hi-Las president and CEO Roberto Angelo Amores II hopes that the project will give the country’s mango business more chances to grow.

“With the start of exporting to Australia, we hope to be able to ship more of our high-quality items around the world so we can get back to the market. We’re very thankful that we’re able to get into some new foreign markets again. “Hopefully, this will lead to more exports,” he said.

Also at the event were BOC NAIA Customhouse Export Division Chief Calil Dimangadap, trader Joseph Bautista, and PAL Cargo Sales International account executive Adriane Placido. (via PNA)