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Of patterns and linkages Business Mirror November 16, 2016 Conclusion The team at home is also looking at a second industry—shipbuilding and repair. The Philippine domestic-shipping industry is composed of general cargo (27 percent), fishing (20 percent), passenger (15 percent), tanker (11 percent), tug (10 percent), deck cargo (9 percent)
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Philippines Posts Strongest Economic Growth in Asia at 7.1% Bloomberg November 16, 2016 The Philippine economy grew at its fastest pace in three years last quarter, underscoring the nation’s resilience to global risks as investment surged and consumers spent more. Stocks gained. Key Points Gross domestic product increased 7.1 percent
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Exports Recover, Drive Total Trade Growth National Economic and Development Authority November 10, 2016Total merchandise trade grew by 9.8 percent in September 2016, pulled by the recovery of exports growth to positive territory, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Based on a report by the Philippine Statistics
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DTI-EMB conducts ‘Doing Business with the US’ seminars Business Mirror November 9, 2016 THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is holding a series of seminars on “Doing Business with the US” this month in Manila (November 7), Bacolod City (November 8) and Legazpi
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DTI-EMB’s QBO Innovation Hub is starting place for start-ups’ networking Business Mirror November 9, 2016 EVERY Tuesday evening since August 8, start-up entrepreneurs and like-minded people gather at the QBO Innovation Hub along Gil J. Puyat Avenue in Makati City to listen to people who started out much like them
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Of patterns and linkages Business Mirror November 9, 2016 Part One TRADE and investment in the new global economic order have become inextricably linked forces. How does a foreign trade officer draw an effective strategy along this reality, in consultation with the capital? While the process of charting this course
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Diversifying PHL exports: The US Generalized System of Preferences Business Mirror November 2, 2016 IN today’s marketplace of sophisticated consumers, efficient supply chains and advanced logistics, exporters are constantly searching for new opportunities to expand their businesses globally. With the recent manufacturing resurgence in the Philippines, our country is steadily
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PCA, DTI’s CIAP-POCB present construction opportunities in Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands Business Mirror November 2, 2016 THE Philippine Constructors Association Inc. (PCA), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines’s (CIAP) Philippine Overseas Construction Board (POCB), held the fifth Philippine Overseas Construction
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DTI-EMB establishes cross promotion with Hong Kong Business Mirror November 2, 2016 INVEST HK, in partnership with the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), gathered Philippine exporters at Makati Shangri-La Hotel on October 13 for a discussion on business opportunities in Hong Kong, focused
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Helping MSMEs join global markets via UN Global Marketplace Business Mirror October 26, 2016 GENEVA, Switzerland—The electronic procurement system of the United Nations, referred to as the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM), can become a significant additional market for Philippine exporters on improving access by Philippine micro, small and medium
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