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The Department of Trade and Industry-Export Marketing Bureau (DTI-EMB), in cooperation with the Regional Operations Group (ROG), will livestream the “ASEAN MSME Development Summit: The 7Ms Towards a Prosperous ASEAN MSMEs" to be held on 14 July at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. The summit will elevate discussions on various aspects of MSME development from developing the
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By Magnolia M. Uy Published in Business Mirror 11 July 2017 In Photo: The Philippines’s official participants at the recent 20th ITA in World Trade Organization include Seipi President Dan Lachica (from left), Philippine Trade and Investment Center-Geneva Commercial Attaché Magnolia Uy, Board of Investment Governor Lucita P. Reyes and
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by Kate Bondoc Published in Business Mirror 11 July 2017 THE United Coconut Association of the Philippines Inc. (Ucap) recently issued a statement clarifying the American Heart Association’s (AHA) advisory against the consumption of coconut oil. In the statement, Ucap said the advisory has gone viral with an adverse effect
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By Henry Empeño Business Mirror 04 July 2017 In Photo: Assistant Secretary Blesila A. Lantayona (third from right) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) touts the value of sharing best practices in entrepreneurship during a session of the DTI’s Mentor Me program in the Subic Bay Freeport on
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By Mexico City, Vichael Angelo D. Roaring Commercial Counsellor Philippine Trade and Investment Center Published in Business Mirror 04 July 2017   Working on a nutty comeback WILL Mexico, which currently has a minuscule coconut production, catch up fast enough to compete with world leaders like the Philippines and Indonesia?
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Published in Business Mirror 04 July 2017 PASAY CITY—Following the 2017 Doing Business (DB) Report indicating the Philippines moved up four spots from 103rd last year to 99th out of 190 economies, the country’s trade chief expressed hope for the Philippines to reach top 20 by 2020 in the global
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By Vichael Angelo D. Roaring / Commercial Counsellor Philippine Trade and Investment Center, Mexico City   Part One   Global context The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said the global demand for coconut and its derivates is growing at more than 10 percent per year, outpacing production supply which is
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By Renee Cuisia and Katrina Mina / Special to the BusinessMirror   The enterprise world is full of creative business ideas, but only a few actually work. With this in mind, Gurango Software Corp. (GSC) founder Joey Gurango shared his secrets of success that led him to grow this entity
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By Gliceria N. Cademia / Trade and Industry Development Specialist, DTI-EMB   Ten Philippine companies successfully exhibited their products at a recent international exposition in Vietnam, with businessmatching activities generating negotiated sales amounting to US$350,000 (P17.6 million) and potential sales of $3 million (P150.9 million).                                                         The 10 companies joined
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By Michael Alfred V. Ignacio / Philippine Trade and Investment Center, New Delhi   INDIA, long considered a sleeping economic giant, is now undoubtedly cementing its position as among the world’s major economies. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, it enjoyed the distinction of being the world’s fastestgrowing major
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