Philippines’ Cagayan Valley expands durian planting, hoping to open up the Chinese market

｜In the durian packaging factory in Davao City, Philippines, workers are packaging durians for export to China According to the Philippine High Value Crop Development Plan (HVCDP), the Cagayan Valley (the second largest region) in the Philippines has decided to expand the scale of the local durian industry, hoping to export to the Chinese market in the future. The Philippine Ministry of Agriculture plans to expand the domestic durian planting area to 15,000 hectares in the next five years, and the Cagayan Valley is one of the areas planned for expansion. As of 2022, the durian planting area in the Cagayan Valley is only about 4 hectares, with an annual output of At 35.4 tons. This year HVCDP plans to distribute 8,000 durian seedlings locally, with an estimated planting area of 80 hectares. Durian planting in the Philippines is highly concentrated in the Davao City area, accounting for 80% of the country's durian production. The total durian exported to China this year is 3,481 ...