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Exploring Kazakhstan
April 15, 2019By John Benedict Santos | Market Innovation Division (MID) | DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Published also in Business Mirror KAZAKHSTAN, a landlocked country at the heart of Central Asia and strategically connected with Europe and Asia, is a market largely untapped by the Philippines. As an export partner, Kazakhstan ranks 112th…Read More -
PHL exporters told to diversify products, find new markets
April 15, 201915 April 2019 Published also in Business Mirror PHILIPPINE exporters are looking to diversify product offerings and expand markets overseas to grow revenue by 5 percent to 6 percent this year. “Our forecast for this year is not even exactly according to the target for the year, but we have…Read More -
DTI implements online services for product certification, ICC sticker verification
April 15, 2019To facilitate ease of doing business through streamlining and automation of frontline service transactions, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has started to process product certifications under the Bureau of Philippine Standards (BPS) through an online portal. The Product Certification Information Management System (PCIMS) features an end-to-end online and…Read More -
PH Secures Commitment from UK on Preferential Market Access Post-Brexit
April 12, 2019MAKATI – The Philippines (PH) has secured a commitment from the United Kingdom (UK) on continuing the same level of market access to UK post-Brexit, under any scenario, including a no-deal Brexit. This will be similar to the preferential market access, currently enjoyed under the European Union Generalised Scheme of…Read More -
A New Milestone in Philippine Halal Industry
April 11, 2019The Department of Industry Trade Promotions brought the Philippine Halal Industry in the map of the US$ 3.2 trillion world halal market. Speaking before the just concluded World Halal Conference (April 3-4, 2019) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Abdulgani M. Macatoman told the conference…Read More -
BOI update registered firms on new policies and guidelines, conducts info drive to further encourage compliance
April 10, 2019n photo: Atty. Portoza welcome representatives from BOI-registered companies to the first leg of the BOI Compliance Information Drive at the BOI Penthouse, Makati City. The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI), the country’s primary industry development and investments promotion agency, has started conducting its series of compliance information drive for…Read More -
ISO standards support health for all
April 10, 2019Source: ISO News (www.iso.org) At least half of the world’s population still do not have full coverage of healthcare services. Even more, where you live in the world can have a dramatic impact on access to these services. Many families are forced to choose between healthcare and other life-giving necessities,…Read More -
How conformity assessment adds value to standards
April 10, 2019by: David Hanlon Source: IEC Blog (https://blog.iec.ch/) Most people know the IEC develops international standards. Less well known is that since 1974 IEC has been operating worldwide, global certification services. The IEC Conformity Assessment Systems are a framework of common rules and methodologies, into which professional conformity assessment bodies (CABs),…Read More -
DTI-BPS hosts JISC/IEC/APCF Seminar on Natural Disaster Countermeasures for National Resilience
April 10, 2019Every year, the Philippines is hit with different typhoons. In 2013, the Philippines was struck with the Super Typhoon Haiyan (international name) or known as the Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. Typhoon Yolanda claimed 7,350 dead or missing people, making it the strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone to have…Read More -
DTI approves PNS Code of Practice against Aflatoxin Contamination in Corn
April 10, 2019The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) approved the code of practice against aflatoxin contamination in corn, as Philippine National Standard (PNS) – Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) 27:2018, Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of aflatoxin contamination in corn. The PNS/BAFS…Read More
