date:Aug 14, 2019
te price of bananas rose 13.15 percent to P19.18 per kilogram from P16.95 per kg last year.
Because of the higher buying price, the value of the six-month banana output, in current prices, reached P83.927 billion, nearly 10 percent over last years P76.314 billion.
The PSA also reported that the countrys mango output recovered in the first half and posted a 5.37-percent increment on the back of favorable planting conditions.
During the six-month period, total mango production reached 651,790 M