{"id":85394,"date":"2017-01-16T19:22:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T00:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=85394"},"modified":"2025-01-09T03:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T08:58:38","slug":"iran-keen-on-buying-more-phl-bananas-pineapples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/16\/iran-keen-on-buying-more-phl-bananas-pineapples\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran keen on buying more PHL bananas, pineapples"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_85395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85395\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4374946450_2edba79246_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" class=\"wp-image-85395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4374946450_2edba79246_b.jpg\" alt=\"DA Sec. Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol said he met with Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Mohammad Tanhaei on Friday to discuss trade between two countries.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4374946450_2edba79246_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4374946450_2edba79246_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4374946450_2edba79246_b-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> At present, the tariff on bananas (Pictured) is pegged at 24 percent. (Photo: Shubert Ciencia\/ Facebook) &#8221; width=&#8221;1024&#8243; height=&#8221;681&#8243; \/><\/a> DA Sec. Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol said he met with Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Mohammad Tanhaei on Friday to discuss trade between two countries.<br \/>At present, the tariff on bananas (Pictured) is pegged at 24 percent. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bigberto\">Shubert Ciencia\/ flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013The Department of Agriculture (DA) will ask Iran for reduced tariff for bananas in a bid to increase penetration in the huge market.<\/p>\n<p>DA Sec. Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol said he met with Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Mohammad Tanhaei on Friday to discuss trade between two countries.<\/p>\n<p>At present, the tariff on bananas is pegged at 24 percent.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy singulair online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html\">https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/singulair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol said Ambassador Tanhaei indicated that Iran has also a huge demand for pineapples and abaca, which is widely utilized in making tea bags and wellness products in his country.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the Tehran government is keen on bringing its fruits such as apples, cherry and pomegranate, as well as pistachios to Philippine markets.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy robaxin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html\">https:\/\/www.delineation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/robaxin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The agriculture chief told Tanhaei that as part of the standard procedure, the DA is still finalizing the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) in apple fruit samples for pests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still waiting for the results, and if everything turns out okay, rest assured that (the document on) importation of apples is ready for signing,\u201d Pi\u00f1ol said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tehran is also willing to collaborate with the Philippine government in research and development for rice, biotechnology and modern farming.<\/p>\n<p>Pi\u00f1ol bared his plans to visit Iran in May to explore agriculture ventures with the country and lead in agri-fishery trade shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013The Department of Agriculture (DA) will ask Iran for reduced tariff for bananas in a bid to increase penetration &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":85395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[428,1617,312,13688],"class_list":["post-85394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bananas","tag-department-of-agriculture","tag-iran","tag-tariff","mauthors-leslie-d-venzon","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281469,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85394\/revisions\/281469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}