Australia's import conditions for Cavendish bananas were too "stringent" for exports from the south-east Asian nation to come here, a Philippine government official has said.
A Philippine publication, Business World Online, has quoted Philippine agriculture undersecretary Segfredo Serrano as saying: "If the conditions are that strict, no industry can profit through exports."
A media release sent to Rural Press yesterday had
Bureau of Plant Industry director Joel Rudinas saying that Australia had continuously stopped the importation of bananas since 1995 for the "flimsiest" of reasons.
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