Governor Samuel Gumarin disclosed that they are now on the preliminary negotiations in coming up with a system on how to export mangoes in Australia.
Gumarin said that after the 2016 Manggahan Festival, which will end this May 22, they hoped to focus on their export preparations.
Another big market for the product is the European Union (EU).
European Union Ambassador Franz Jessen, Romanian Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Mihai Sion and German Deputy Ambassador Michael Hasper visited the province last month and met with the mango industry stakeholders.
Guimaras provincial agriculturist Ronnie Morante explained that the province is getting support from the European Union in coming up with a geographical indication (GI) for ‘Guimaras Mango.’ The GI serves as a label that characterizes mangoes as both originating in Guimaras as well as reputedly fresh and sweet.
He added that they hoped to submit their Code of Practice to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in September and looked forward for its approval by December this year. The code is almost 90 percent done.
“EU is a big market for Guimaras,” Morante said as he was informed by the ambassador during the visit that their guests prefer to eat mangoes during breakfast, lunch, dinner and even midnight snacks.
He added that once the mango products have GI seal, the price could be higher by around 2.25 percent.
More than 6,700 hectares of the land area in Guimaras are planted with mangoes while more than 200 are already in the fruit-bearing stage.
Most of the plantations are based in Buenavista because of the presence of orchards. [via PNA]
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