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PH, Uganda seek closer bilateral ties

Published Oct 11, 2023 02:42 am

At A Glance

  • President Marcos says the Philippines and Uganda are "very much on the same path."
  • The Philippines' total trade with Uganda was valued at US$4.04 million in 2023.
  • In 2022, Uganda ranked as the Philippines' 123rd trading partner (out of 231), 94th export market (out of 211), and 191st import supplier (out of 216).

The Philippines and Uganda are keen on strengthening both countries' already warm and cordial ties.

Betty Oyella Bigombe
PH-UGANDA TIES — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. welcomes Ugandan Non-Resident Ambassador Betty Oyella Bigombe in Malacañan on Oct. 10, 2023. (Malacañang photo)

This developed after President Marcos accepted the credentials of Ugandan Non-Resident Ambassador Betty Oyella Bigombe in Malacañan on Tuesday, Oct. 10.

In his remarks, the President said it was his pleasure to welcome the Ugandan envoy and hoped she could find ways to boost the relationship between Uganda and the Philippines during her stay in the country.

"We are very much on the same path, our two countries," he said.

"I think the experiences and lessons that we have learned along the way will be of benefit to both our countries so long as we keep our partnership strong and our alliances very profound and alive," he added.

Bigombe welcomed Marcos' remarks, hoping the two countries' warm, cordial, and traditional relations could grow from "strength to strength."

"The Republic of the Philippines and Uganda are on the same path of delivering economic development to their people given their recent high growth witnessed in the past," she said.

The Philippine embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, has administrative jurisdiction over Uganda. The current non-resident Philippine ambassador to Uganda is Ambassador Marie Charlotte Tang.

According to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), the Philippines' total trade with Uganda was valued at US$4.04 million in 2023.

In 2022, Uganda ranked as the Philippines' 123rd trading partner (out of 231), 94th export market (out of 211), and 191st import supplier (out of 216).

The Philippines' top exports to Uganda include electrical machinery and equipment and parts, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles, plastics, and other made-up textile articles.

The country also ships worn clothing, textile articles, and rags; miscellaneous edible preparations; oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds, and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; and straw and fodder.

The Philippines' top imports from Uganda, on the other hand, include:

  • Essential oils and resinoids
  • Perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations
  • Paper and paperboard
  • Articles of paper pulp, paper, or paperboard
  • Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock and parts and accessories
  • Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus, and parts and accessories
  • Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons, forks, base metal, and parts

Regarding tourism, foreign tourist arrivals from Uganda totaled 526 in 2019.

There are an estimated 96 Filipino nationals in Uganda as of last year. The majority of those are professionals and skilled workers.

Overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) remittances amounted to $842,000 in 2021 and $848,160 in 2022.

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