A senior administration lawmaker yesterday protested Australia’s alleged imposition of unjustified barriers to prevent Philippine bananas from entering that country. Cotabato Rep. Emmylou Talino-Santos, a member of the powerful Commission on Appointments, urged the Australian government "to stop unreasonably stalling the entry of Philippine banana exports."
Talino-Santo’s province is one of the country’s top producers of the tropical fruit for export. Earlier, the Philippines’ Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) reported that Australian government has been obstructing banana exports from Manila through the imposition of unusually difficult quarantine controls.
Cotabato and other Mindanao provinces produce bananas that are exported to Japan, the US, South Korea, and the Middle East, primarily the United Arab Emirates. Talino-Santo’s dismissed as "exaggerated and distorted" the risk of possible pest flare-ups originating from Philippine bananas.
Source: tempo.com.ph
Publication date: 2/25/2009
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