Abaca fibre with its plantation

Stalk to ship

Stripping shed to cargo hold.

Abaca bales are graded at the warehouse without the plantation's name, and buyers rely on the grade stamp alone.

Sunlit green leaf of a banana-family plant with fine parallel veins

Each bale names its plantation, stripping date and grade, and the warehouse signs the grade on the same line.

  1. Strip the stalks

    Stalks are stripped by plantation and dated.

  2. Dry the fibre

    Fibre is dried and the batch is coded.

  3. Grade at the warehouse

    The warehouse grades and signs the bale.

  4. Load the bale

    The bale is loaded with its code.