Major Non-Food and Industrial Crops Quarterly Bulletin, October-December 2018
October 2019 to December 2019
Abaca
- Production of abaca fibers from October to December 2018 increased by
6.7 percent, from16.92 thousand metric tons in the same period of 2017 to18.06 thousand metric tons this quarter. - The largest producer of abaca fiber was Bicol Region, with production of
7.39 thousand metric tons or40.9 percent of the total production this quarter. This was followed by Eastern Visayas with16.7 percent and Davao Region with12.0 percent.
