DTI CONFIDENT OF REACHING GOVT’S P122-B EXPORTS GOAL

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is upbeat that Philippine exports would generate at least $122 billion for the government in 2022, a Trade official said.

said DTI was “cautiously optimistic that we can at least reach the lower end of the [government’s

- dent Donald Trump had slapped “safeguard measures on washing machine products,” he noted, but “there are some new avenues that

According to him, exports

- - - lion, and with that, we are actually quite close to breaching $100 bil

Based on these figures, merchandise and service exports are - total exports value of between $98

“We are still good in terms of being able to enjoy privileges in both the US and European Union, our part that we are going to hit

A major factor in the continued growth in exports is the increase in electronics exports, which is forecast to keep on - cent this year, compared with

This projection, however, may still change, depending on future developments, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in

Last year’s amount accounted - said, adding that the electronics industry employes an estimated

“By 2020, the industry is ex-

To further boost industry growth, Seipi will launch the will identfy the top products and technologies the industry should be focusing on in the next five years in order to develop a niche in the global market and the right

to generate investments worth an

“Export values are expected to

and DOST (Department of Science and Technology)” for approval,