THE Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) is set to meet its foreign business counterparts in a bid to ease tariff and non-tariff restrictions on Philippine bananas to boost market linkages for the country’s top fruit export.

In a statement on Wednesday, PBGEA President Victor Mercado said the banana industry had come up with a fresh set of programs to ensure that the Philippines remains among the world’s top banana exporters.