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The Philippines made its first commercial shipment of fresh Carabao mangoes – also called Manila or Philippine mango – to Toronto, Canada on June 3 as part of the government’s push to diversify export markets and reduce the country’s reliance on traditional agricultural buyers
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The Philippine Agriculture Office in Washington coordinated the shipment with the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Toronto and mango industry stakeholders
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Philippine exporters Hi-Las Marketing Corp. and Castillo Import Export Ventures Inc. supplied the fresh mangoes, with Ontario-based TSI Tropicals Inc. as the importer
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Philippine Airlines is transporting the fresh mangoes through a commercial air freight program
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Beyond mangoes, bananas and coconuts, the DA said it is aggressively promoting a portfolio of other high-value crops
The Philippines made its first commercial shipment of fresh Carabao mangoes to Toronto, Canada on June 3 as part of the government’s push to diversify export markets and reduce the country’s reliance on traditional agricultural buyers.
“This is another step toward our goal of widening and diversifying the global market for our farm products such as bananas, coconuts and mangoes. It is time for other parts of the world to get a taste of the Philippines,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said in a statement.
The shipment, sent off during a ceremony at the Philippine Airlines (PAL) cargo terminal in Pasay City, follows last year’s inaugural export of what is also known as Philippine or Manila mango to Rome.
Beyond mangoes, bananas and coconuts, the DA said it is aggressively promoting a portfolio of other high-value crops, including cacao, pomelo, rambutan, dalandan, mango, pineapple, okra, asparagus, pili, durian, avocado, dragon fruits, calamansi, and ube.
Philip Young, DA undersecretary for High Value Export Crop, Agri Fishery Export Development and Promotion Office, said the mango shipment to Toronto demonstrates how government support and private-sector initiative can work together to open new markets for Filipino farmers.
“The government is helping pave the way for the private sector to showcase to the world the products of Philippine farms. This is what happens when a nation works together,” he said.
The Philippine Agriculture Office in Washington, DC, coordinated the shipment with the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto, the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Toronto and mango industry stakeholders.
Philippine exporters Hi-Las Marketing Corp. and Castillo Import Export Ventures Inc. supplied the fresh mangoes, with Ontario-based TSI Tropicals Inc. as the importer. PAL is transporting the fresh mangoes through a commercial air freight program.
