Export stakeholders have included processed food and beverages and other food products among the focus export targets owing to their bright prospects. These food goods, along with electronics products and…
More manufacturers are expected to continue investing in innovative new products that offer consumers healthier product alternatives, as a growing number of Australians are becoming health conscious. "Australian consumers are…
Starting January 1, 2020, terminal operators may no longer collect weighing fee on domestic outbound laden containers and roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) cargoes, according to the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA). PPA Administrative…
President Rodrigo Duterte on July 19 signed Executive Order (EO) No. 85, series of 2019, which extended for three years the application of zero-rate duty on importations of Board of…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is planning to craft a regional action plan on the future of work, requiring member states like the Philippines to draft their national…
The Philippines has to take decisive action to prepare for the challenges that new forces-technology, climate change and demography-are bringing to the world of work, according to the head of…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking to enhance the role of cooperatives in expanding the reach of government programs for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), especially…
Exporters are asking anew the government to allocate at least a fifth of its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) budget for lending geared to provide support for the development of the…
If the Philippines fully leverages the benefits and opportunities from digital trade, the country's digital exports through e-commerce could grow by more than 200% to reach nearly P600 billion by…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is ready to implement the European Union Registered Exporters (REX) system for certifying the origin of goods. The system is crucial in allowing Philippine exporters…