SEAOIL, one of the country’s leading fuel providers, continued to top the list of importers in the Zamboanga Peninsula, according to the 2022 Top Importers report of the Bureau of Customs in Zamboanga. TOP IMPORTER -- SEAOIL is awarded as the Top Importer in 2022 by the Bureau of Customs Zamboanga...
Cambodia, which exports half of its rice production to Vietnam, is seeking to export directly its surplus harvest to the Philippines, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)I . Newly confirmed DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual met today, Feb. 2, with high-level Cambodian delegation...
Imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, but at a narrower level in December last year, but overall trade gap in 2022 went up 38 percent versus 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Thursday, Jan. 26, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference...
Still not getting over from the epic Finals series that featured some of the best imports the league has ever seen, a stellar cast of reinforcements is already set to take the Philippine basketball shores by storm in the 2023 PBA Governors' Cup which kicks off on Sunday, Jan. 22. Justin Brownlee...
The country's trade gap dropped 21.9 percent in November last year as imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, but at a narrower level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Tuesday, Jan. 10, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the...
As Christmas approaches, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. assured the public that the country has enough rice supply for the Holiday season as he inspected a warehouse of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Valenzuela on Saturday, December 17. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr....
Imports continued to outpace the country’s exports, but at a much narrower level, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the value of export and import, dropped 13 percent to $3.3 billion in...
After it opposed the importation of 25,000 metric tons of fish until January 2023, a fisherfolk group dared President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ban imported fish from China. “Nakakabahalang pangunahing pinanggagalingan ng ating inaangkat na isda ay China, ang bansang nangangamkam at...
House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto asserted on Tuesday, Aug. 16, that the importation of the right volume of sugar must be “solely based on science and insulated from lobby and politics.” Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto (Senate PRIB) In doing so, Recto said in a statement, sugar demand and...
Blackwater is looking to improve its short but impressive all-Filipino Cup run by tapping 6-foot-9 center Cameron Krutwig as its reinforcement in the 2022 PBA Commissioner's Cup. Cameron Krutwig (Photo from FIBA Europe Cup) Kurtwig is set to arrive in the country on Aug. 14 before his scheduled...
Trade deficit accelerated last June as country’s purchases of goods from abroad outpaced the rise in sales of locally-made products, but the National Economic and Development (NEDA) just shrugged off the widening trade gap. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Tuesday, Aug. 9, that the...
PH trade deficit widens further in April By Chino S. Leyco Trade deficit widened last April as country’s purchases of goods from abroad outpaced the rise in sales of locally-made products, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday, June 9. The PSA said the country’s trade...