BULHAPA was registered with the government's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 24, 1996. From a group of 12, membership has since expanded to 21.
Registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1996 as non-stock and non-profit corporation, the Riverside Basket Producers Association is now composed of 31 members.
URBACPA is the latest group organized in the province of Pangasinan. Located in a remote barrio in Urbiztondo (it is a village where bamboo abound), the group was producing bamboo furniture for local market.