Tamarind is a minor fruit crop in the Philippines which has great export potentials

Tamarind is not widely produced in the Philippines. Due to low domestic production, the fruit is even imported in certain parts of the country as the fruit have varied food and medicinal uses. The mature and ripened tamarind fruit which is sweet is considered to be more expensive than when it is processed and has the potential to be exported. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply is much less than demand and has decreased more than 30% in the local market as productions are halted and suppliers are more focused on exporting major tropical fruits than tamarind.