The partnership between the Philippines and China on the export of durian from Davao has started.
In a statement Tuesday, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said officials from the Port of Davao and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian recently visited a durian farm to discuss ways to help industry players in the export process for the product and boost overall agricultural export to China.
Port of Davao District Collector Erastus Sandino Austria also met with members of the Durian Industry Association of Davao on Oct. 28.
He assured the farmers that the bureau is ready to help growers to remove technicalities as barriers to making Filipino agriculture accessible worldwide.
The talks at the Belviz Durian Farm in Calinan, Davao City, were also part of the program of the Chinese Embassy to open their country as a market for Mindanao-grown fruit.
Davao is known to be the durian capital of the Philippines for being the main grower of the pungent fruit.
Under the guidance of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, the BOC-Davao will continue to ease business conduct to encourage foreign investors to transact with the port.
This is aligned with the eight-point economic plan of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.