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Economy of Kalibo


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Kalibo's main industry is agriculture where the primary product is rice and coconuts. Kalibo is the hub for the Piña cloth industry of Aklan.

The Piña and Abaca cloths are exported to various parts of the world, most particularly North America and Europe. Kalibo is known for other native products such as handbags made of buri leaves which is a favourite for Caucasian females visiting the town. Pineapple silk is considered the queen of Philippine fabrics and is the fabric of choice of the Philippine elite. During the 1996 edition of APEC in the Philippines, world leaders donned a pineapple silk Barong Tagalog from

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