The country’s coconut oil industry is showing signs of recovering from the impact of Typhoon Yolanda as exports surged by 87.1 percent in January, the United Coconut Association of the Philippines (UCAP) said on Thursday.

UCAP executive director Yvonne Agustin said that CNO exports reached 79,250 MT in January 2015, or 87.1 percent higher than the 42,360 MT recorded during the same period last year.

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