Imports Growth in April 2016 Shows Strong Business, Consumer Confidence National Economic and Development Authority June 24, 2016 Philippine imports grew by 29.2 percent from a year ago in April 2016, due to double-digit growth in purchases of capital goods, raw materials and intermediate goods, and consumer goods, according...

Brexit Sparks Emerging-Market Selloff as Polish Assets Worst Hit Bloomberg News June 24, 2016 Eastern Europe and South Africa led a selloff in developing-nation assets following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union as investors speculated that their economies will be the worst affected by the fallout from Thursday’s...

Vietnam Grabs Market Share From Asian Peers in European Trade Bloomberg News June 15, 2016 Vietnam took market share of European Union trade away from other Southeast Asian nations last year, a trend that may continue after it concluded a free trade agreement with the regional bloc. The country...

Strategy 1 of the Philippine Export Development Plan Business Mirror June 14, 2016 THE 2015-2017 Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) will implement a two-track intervention to identified sectors named as key and emerging export sectors. These sectors have been identified as having at least one of the following criteria:...

DBFTA info sessions focus on export program for MSMEs Business Mirror June 14, 2016  IN its continuing effort to increase public awareness about the benefits of Doing Business in Free Trade Areas (DBFTA), one of its major advocacy programs, the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade...