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PCA leads 30th Coconut Week celebration Aug. 18-21 Business Mirror August 16, 2016 THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) will lead the country’s 30th Coconut Week Celebration to coincide with the Third International Coconut Festival on August 18 to 21 at the SM Megamall. With the theme “Coco Farm Productivity, Answer
Read more. Coconut industry holds 1st Cocolink 2016 in Davao Business Mirror August 16, 2016 HIGHLIGHTING the theme “Bridging Industries,” Cocolink 2016 debuted in Davao City on July 27 and 28 via the First International Coconut Conference (ICC). More than 500 guests participated in the event, mostly coconut processors, exporters, traders, consolidators
Read more. DTI-EMB conducts DBFTA session during 1st International Coconut Conference in Davao Business Mirror August 16, 2016 THE First International Coconut Conference (ICC) held in Davao City on July 27 and 28 provided a venue for the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) to hold a seminar
Read more. Improving Industry Competitiveness Needed to Overcome Exports Decline – NEDA National Economic and Development Authority August 10, 2016 Weak demand from major export markets pulled down exports by 11.4 percent in June 2016, its 15th consecutive month of decline, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). The Philippine
Read more. Japanese companies visit PHL to set up joint ventures on food Business Mirror August 9, 2016 A Japanese consortium, led by a 14-man team, arrived in the Philippines and made a courtesy call to Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez on July 29 at the Board of Investments (BOI) office. An
Read more. PECP provides guidelines for trading companies to conduct correct export procedures Business Mirror August 9, 2016 THROUGH its initiative in reaching out to local exporters and traders, the Department of Industry’s Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB) welcomed representatives of trading companies on July 28 at its headquarters for a seminar about
Read more. DTI, IdeaSpace launch the QBO Innovation Hub Business Mirror August 9, 2016 The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) and IdeaSpace Foundation, the leading early-stage technology incubator and accelerator in the Philippines, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment and launch
Read more. Philippine tuna canners enjoy EU zero tariff Business Mirror August 2, 2016 THE Philippines was included as a beneficiary country in the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) of the European Union (EU) on December 25, 2014. Under this scheme, the Philippines is given duty-free treatment for 6,274 products. One
Read more. DTI urges animators, game developers to tap FTA markets Business Mirror August 2, 2016 THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged the animation and game-development sectors, considered high-growth segments in the Asean and other partner economies that have free-trade agreements (FTAs) with the
Read more. PHL designers set October 2017 as 2nd OBMM to Japan Business Mirror August 2, 2016 THE second Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) is set to coincide with Tokyo Fashion Week in October 2017. The decision was made during the Philippine designers’ meeting with the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI)
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