Agriculture seeks new markets for bananas

The Dominican Republic seeks to strengthen banana exports by opening new markets such as Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and other South American countries.

The Minister of Agriculture, Osmar Benítez, presented this information at a regular meeting of the Council. Manzanillo Cross Project Management, where he said that currently there are about 100 vans a week that need market and through the Ministry of Agriculture open agreements to place them.

Benítez pointed out that currently about 400 vans are being exported weekly, which generate more than $ 300 million to the national economy and that has just negotiated the shipment of 10 vans a week to Puerto Rico.

"We are working on the installation of a ripening plant in Canada and in conversation with other countries that are opening banana market in order to place the sector surplus and that the producers do not lose They have money, "said Benitez

Low Price

He said that at the moment the prices of bananas in the world have suffered losses, so the opening of these markets would mean an increase in destinations The minister pointed out that banana production is an industry that generates some 30,000 direct jobs and stimulates the economy of the Northwest line, the main planting area of ​​the country. 19659004] During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Lionel Senior participated with the Minister; the director of Indrhi, Olgo Fernández, the administrator of the Agricultural Bank, Carlos Segura Foster, representatives of the banana industry and other officials of the sector

Peralta directs Mesa

of the Presidency, José Ramón Peralta, conducted a follow-up meeting with the members that make up the Table of Meat Exports to the United States to which he informed that to from next July, the coordination of this table will go to the Ministry of Agriculture

He said that the table which was under the responsibility of the administrative ministry of the presidency until today, is conducted, coordinated and overseen by the Ministry of Agriculture and its holder Osmar Benítez.

They Examine the Achievements Obtained by the Commission

During the meeting, furthermore, a balance was made to the progress made up to this point, among which f They included the 39, hiring inspectors, the equipment of quality control laboratories and training of inspection staff of processing plants, among other aspects. This activity is part of the joint public-private partnership efforts that the government has implemented to increase meat exports.