Exports of Cavendish bananas has breached the $1-billion mark as it grew 18.06 percent from $962.58 million in 2013 to $1.136 million in 2014, statistics from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show.

But natural and man-made calamities threaten the industry's sustained growth.

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