China fuels Phl pineapple exports to record $787-M earnings in 2024

China's growing appetite for pineapples pushed the Philippines' export of the prized commodity to record earnings of almost $800 million last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

- JASPER EMMANUEL ARCALAS

Earnings from exports of pineapples and pineapple products went up by 7.5 percent on an annual basis to $787.12 million, the PSA said.

More than half of the export receipts came from shipments of fresh or dried pineapples, which rose by a little over a fifth year-on-year to $428.74 million, PSA data showed.

The country exported $183.43 million worth of pineapples to China last year, almost 18 percent higher than the $155.73 million recorded in 2023. China remained as the top destination for the country's pineapples.

The Philippines also shipped a record volume of 675,540 MT of fresh or dried pineapples last year, with 42 percent or about 282,460 MT going to China, based on PSA data.