The tourism sector is also revving up. China has now become the Philippines' second biggest source of tourists, with more than 1.5 million Chinese expected to visit the country this year and bring about 610 million dollars in revenues. Given this progress, and considering their geographical approx...
Looking at the map of Asia, the Philippines is perfectly positioned to check China’s growing presence in the Indo-Pacific and keep it locked in the South China Sea. Being a treaty ally, it may seem that the U.S. has it all in the bag with its strategic ambitions vis-a-vis China...
The Philippines, after ridding itself of the conflict-oriented mentality, adjusted its foreign policy to make it possible to improve its relations with China. In the past two years, China-Philippine ties improved, evidenced by frequent exchanges of high-level officials, growing political mutual trust...
MANILA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines' total external trade in goods rose by 18.6 percent in March to 19.35 billion U.S. dollars with China remaining its biggest trading partner, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Friday. Of the total external trade in March, the statist...
More and more countries have found out who is the biggest “trouble-maker” in the world. It is the US intervention that makes the world worse. Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have all fallen into its trap and are left with mess in the region. As the new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte...
For the Philippines, China is the country's largest trading partner, the biggest source of imports and the second-largest destination for exports, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Trade between the nations reached $80.4 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, a year-on-year rise of...
the biggest sales to China were Electronic Products valued at US$ 3.388 billion or 54.9% of the country’s exports to China. Other Mineral Products followed with a total value of US$ 683.41 million or 11.1%. Imported goods purchased from China were made up of Electronic Products valued at ...
The Philippines is second only to India in business process outsourcing (BPO), and this sector will likely remain a key part of its economy going forward. The US is the biggest investor here, whether it’s in internal shared service centres or external outsourcing. The country...
Japan: Bananas, mangoes, pineapple and papaya are popular Filipino fruit exports in Japan. United States: Coconut oil and crude coconut oil from the Philippines remain one of the biggest staples in the United States. 2. Prohibited food products for export ...
The UAE – one of the Philippines' biggest export markets The Philippines and the UAE have had strong economic ties for many years, with the UAE being the Philippines' largest export shipping partner in the Middle East. According to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international t...