date:Jan 03, 2014
h caused an oversupply of bananas since operations were halted that year. But this year up to the present, demand and prices from the Chinese market is high, which is really good for us small and non-contract banana farmers, Dalayon said.
They are shipping around 20 to 30 bonds of bananas a week. He said last week, China is giving $6.50/box and a freight-on-board (FOB) of $9 to the small and non-contract farmers. The demand for bananas from the Philippines was also caused by the recent Typhoon