Raise product quality for a more competitive PH
With the decrease in tariffs, competition is no longer limited to who can offer the lowest price but who can conform or surpass the standards of international markets.
Customs prepares for ASEAN Single Window program
Once fully implemented, Philippine exporters will greatly benefit from the faster processing of export goods and the reduced transaction costs arising from paperless processing.
Executive Order No. 191, s. 2015
Signed on November 15, 2015: Modifying the rates of duty on certain agricultural products under Executive Order No. 851 (s. 2009) in order to implement the Philippines’ Asean-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) tariff commitments relating to the World Trade Organization (WTO) decision on waiver relating to special treatment for rice of the philippines
DTI meets with stakeholders to localize industry roadmaps, presents industrial policy
The DTI and the BOI will meet with stakeholders in Region 4 to present the country’s new industrial policy in a conference on “Industry Roadmaps and the AEC Game Plan: Roadmap Localization for Competitiveness” to be held on August 6, 2015 in Tagaytay City.
PH to present report on capacity-building, innovation as 2014 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week kicks off
The 2014 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week begins with the APEC Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM) from November 5 to 6, 2014 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China.
Agri-chief urges local hog producers to prep for the ASEAN free trade
Secretary of Agriculture Proceso J. Alcala urged local hog producers to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN free trade in 2015, stressing that an open market would offer advantageous opportunities for the Philippine local hog industry.
