The Philippines remain to be the number 1 abaca supplier globally (85%)... with neighboring manufacturing hubs e.g. China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh etc needing much of these (fiber) resource for fibercraft production & other applications e.g. paper, tea bag, cigarette paper, currency, rope & cordage, textile etc including automotive composite parts.

The production of handloom abaca semi-process variants like the sinamay etc. are continually developed including improvement of looming machines, dyeing techniques & material combination. With the new areas of expansion being developed, it's with surety that Philippines can have great leverage in exports of these product lines".

 

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