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=** Coconut Oil **=



__Process__: Coconuts are dried in the sun to create Copra (dried coconut meat). The copra is placed in a hydraulic press with added heat, and the oil is extracted and then repeatedly filtered.


__Where__: Coconuts are bought from a number of countries. The country with the highest production of coconuts is the Philippines with an estimated 19,500,000 a year. Following the Philippines are Indonesia, India, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mexico, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, and Tanzania.

=Philippines=

Coconut Stats:
(according to the Philippine Coconut Authority) []

AREAS PLANTED TO COCONUT -3.56 M hectares (2010) -26% of total agricultural land -68 out of 79 provinces are coconut areas -1,195 coconut municipalities

TREES -341.3 Million coconut bearing trees (2009)