THE European Union (EU) is providing export opportunities for Philippine agricultural products such as coconut oil, bananas, pineapples, among others, according to the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport). In a statement, Philexport noted, however, that local businesses need to meet “relevant” requirements to tap into this market and benefit from the Generalized System of Preference
THE export promotions arm of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged local firms to participate more in physical and virtual trade fairs, which it said can provide them more business “opportunities and exposure” especially in overseas markets. Rowena Mendoza, officer-in-charge-department manager at the Center for International Trade…
The Philippines currently has $49 billion of unrealized export potential, the International Trade Centre‘s (ITC) Export Potential Assessment (EPA) reported. This is out of the $107 billion total export potential of the Philippines in the products covered by the study. The EPA is part of the ARISE