Showing posts with label USB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USB. Show all posts

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Philexport to look into closure of Iran banana market due to shipment problems

The Philippine Exporters Confederation is set to form a group that will look into the possible closure of the Iran banana market to Davao banana exporters due to the United States economic embargo on Iran.

“We are not aware that our banana exports are no longer being sent to Iran but we will surely look into this especially with the Mindanao Exporters Congress,” Philexport XI Chairperson Domingo Ang said during Club 888’s media forum held at the Marco Polo Davao Wednesday.

The Mindanao Development Authority reported that banana is the number two dollar earner of Mindanao next only to coconut, with a 14.94 percent share in the total Mindanao export. Mindanao’s banana exports increased by 33.85 percent, from $467.3 million in 2011 to $625.5 million in 2012.

Ang said the problem will definitely be discussed during the Mindanao Exporters Congress slated in the city on August 1 to 3, 2013. The Congress will focus on topics like Improving Exports to Increase Philippine Competitiveness as well as Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Mindanao’s Export Growth.

The Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) earlier expressed its concern about the possible P4 billion losses that will be incurred by the region’s banana industry as shipping companies stopped all shipments to Iran this year, including the shipment of exported bananas from Region XI.

PBGEA executive director Stephen Antig said Mercury Steamship Agencies, Inc., an agent of the Pacific International Lines which ships bananas to Iran, has advised them about the suspension of its operations. A letter sent to its valued clients indicated the last acceptance of cargoes bound for Iran was last June 15, 2013. The Mercury officials said that they have suspended the shipment of cargoes to Iran as of June 16 this year.

Antig said the suspension of shipments to Iran was part of the commitment of the shipping companies to foreign trade regulations in view of the economic sanctions imposed by the US against Iran which happens to account for 50 percent of the banana market in the Middle East.

“We have had difficulty in exporting bananas to Iran a long time ago but some exporters have found a way to export bananas through the long way although that is more expensive,” banana industry player and Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao (CIDAM) President Ireneo Dalayon said.

Another option, according to Antig, is the APL or the American Presidential Line which is willing to load bananas and ship them to Iran bound for Iran if the exporter has a license from the US Treasury.

Antig said he has already written the concerned government agencies including the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry and is waiting for their response.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Eyeing The Smart Bro Pre-Paid


I've been eyeing the SmartBro wireles sbroadband connection since news of it came out. However, several blogs ago, I gave a negatvie review of the product not because of usability nr functionality but because of the impractical 2-year lock out period as well as the P799 monthly fee. True enough, Smart found it hard to market such a very useful gadget but at a very unwise and impratical terms so to speak.


Now, Smart came up with the SmartBro Prepaid, the same product but this time with a much smarter offer. You get the USB plus a free 1 hour and a half Internet usage for a one-tiem fee of P4,500. After that you can just reload in denominations of P100 or P300 at P10 per minute. There are other reloading options but I'll save that for later.


For now, I am off to looking at the actual product and decide if this is feasible for my online business given the fact that school will start soon and I will once again be off to neverland on a daily basis which means goodbyt to my Broadband connection for a few hours which is a no-no considering the virtual work I have to accomplish each and every hour.


Will update you when I finally decide on getting the PrePaid SmartBro.


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