Bananas are the most widely traded fresh fruit item.
The 2 biggest banana export markets for the Philippines are Japan and China. Its affiliations with the Lapanday Group and the Lorenzo Group, ensures that the Company will be considered a quality provider of plastic packaging materials for the banana export sector. The Company focuses on supplying its products and services mainly to the banana-growing industry and export industry in Mindanao. The holding company invests in companies involved in food processing, trading and services, and packaging. Inc. Del Monte Philippines is one of the country's leading integrated producers of canned pineapple, mixed fruits, tropical juices, tomato and other products which it sell to both the domestic and export markets under the Del Monte brand name.