A vendor at the Balintawak Market in Quezon City displays bananas her stall. The Philippines will lose some $170 million annually in foreign exchange earnings from bananas if the recent ban on fruit imports imposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran continues indefinitely. Apart from this loss, 64,000 Filipinos would lose their jobs in banana plantations and ancillary industries like carton manufacturing, trucking, port services, and shipping. (Photo by MARK BALMORES)

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