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                    [ArticleID] => 191591
                    [Title] => Japan asked to allow entry of RP papayas, mangoes
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) is asking the Japanese government to allow the resumption of solo papaya and mango exports from Davao.


Luben Q. Maragisan, BPI chief plant quarantine service said his agency requested the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) to let exporters of the tropical fruits use the two remaining and functioning vapor heat treatment (VHT) facilities pending Japan’s response to the official report submitted by BPI on the fruit fly infestation incident which occurred last October.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184707 [Title] => Japan issues conditions for lifting of ban on RP papayas, mangoes [Summary] => The Japanese government has issued new conditions for it to lift the ban on the entry of solo papaya and mango exports from Davao after two shipments of Dole Tropifresh Philippines (DTP) last month were found to be infested with fruit flies.

But even as the Philippine government will already have its hands full with the tedious process of complying with these requirements, its difficult situation is being aggravated by the outright "uncooperative" stance of DTP.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183918 [Title] => Japanese ban on papaya, mango is hurting RP [Summary] => The country lost close to $85 million in exports last month and is likely to lose more with Japan’s continued ban on the entry of solo papaya and mango from Davao.

Agricultural Attaché to Japan Joseph Sison said that since the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) imposed the ban last Oct. 22, Davao mango and solo papaya exporters have been unable to resume shipments of these products to the multi-million-dollar Japanese market. Exports of these products prior to the ban averaged about 100 metric tons (MT) a month.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 181700 [Title] => RP faces loss of Japanese market for papaya, mango [Summary] => The Philippines faces the risk of permanently losing the multi-million-dollar Japanese market following the recent ban on the entry of Dole Tropifresh Philippines solo papaya and mango to Japan.

Agricultural Attaché to Japan Joseph Sison said the Japan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) imposed the ban starting Oct. 22 after it discovered that portions of a shipment of 35,150 kilos of solo papayas by Dole Tropifresh Philippines were infested with fruit flies. The shipment was seized at the Kawasaki Port.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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