Dollar earnings from pineapple exports up 5% to 24 dollar M in 1994

摘要

The Philippines is slowly making its way into the booming fresh pineapple export business in the world market. Fresh pineapple exports for the whole of 1994 rose 4.54 per cent in volume, accompanied by a 5.18 per cent hike in dollar receipts. The volume ofpineapple shipments abroad reached 161.25 million gross kilograms (GK) last year, slightly higher than 154.24 million GK in 1993. Dollar earnings amounted to 24.2 million dollar during the period in review.