Banana is the leading fruit grown in the Philippines and a consistent top dollar earner. Its prospects in the domestic and foreign market continuously increase as demand for fresh and processed banana is on the rise. While the Cavendish variety constitutes the bulk of export earnings for banana, the cardava variety is gaining a niche as a banana chip is emerging to be another export winner.

The banana industry specifically the cardava variety is one of the priority industries of Davao Oriental due to its high growth potential. Based on projections, cardava banana chips export performance will grow at an average of 10% per year; local market for cardava in urban centers is growing as alternative healthy snack food such as banana cue, fried banana, turon, etc.; and, domestic demand for lakatan and latundan (both table bananas) is expected to increase at an average of at least 3% per year.

Based on record. Davao Oriental has 12,065 hectares planted to banana and it has an estimated production volume of 319,722metric tons.

Local and export market for:

- Banana chips - first fry
- Banana chips - flavored/sweetened
- Fresh bananas
- Other processed products such as banana flour, banana catsup