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Yesterday I attended a meeting with stakeholders together with Cebu Port Authority (CPA) officials led by general manager Vice-Adm. Edmund Tan (Ret), Bureau of Customs Cebu head B. Gen. Roberto Almadin (Ret), lawyer Tomas Riveral of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. (OPASCOR), Department of Trade & Industry, Inc. (DTI-7) regional director Aster Caberte, Cebu Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (CCCI) president Ma. Teresa Chan, and PhilExport Cebu executive director Fred Escalona.

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 The Philippine International Seafreight  Forwarders Association (PISFA-Cebu) welcomes the creation of a regulatory body of the Export Development Council to ensure that shipping lines charge fair prices.

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The Export Development Council has reinforced its effort to protect the sector from possible glitches in trade facilitation in the upcoming ASEAN integration, by pushing lawmakers to approve house bills supporting this concern.

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Despite the fast-paced growth of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, traditional export players in Cebu are still holding on and refused to be tagged as “sunset” industry.

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Cebuano exporters, specifically in furniture, fashion accessories, and gifts-toys-and-houseware sectors are told to take good care of their designers, as Chinese manufacturers are eyeing to hire more Filipino designers to boost their exports of the same product.

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If given the full support of the government, the Cebu export sector hopes to hit 10 percent to 11 percent growth in 2011, although stakeholders are seeing another tough year for the export sector.

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The government’s allocation of P100 million for the export industry is seen to help exporters cope with the recovering market.

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Cebuano exporters, through the PhilExport-Cebu, formally handed yesterday its position paper requesting some amendments to the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Memorandum Order (CMO-2-2010) to Customs commissioner Napoleon Morales.

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Just when the export sector is expecting recovery starting this year, the industry is yet again confronted with another challenge with the implementation of new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Memorandum Order.

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Although recovery is now slowly being felt in the world’s furniture market, domestic demand for world-class furniture pieces continues to grow.

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 The Philippine International Seafreight  Forwarders Association (PISFA-Cebu) welcomes the creation of a regulatory body of the Export Development Council to ensure that shipping lines charge fair prices.

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The Export Development Council has reinforced its effort to protect the sector from possible glitches in trade facilitation in the upcoming ASEAN integration, by pushing lawmakers to approve house bills supporting this concern.

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Despite the fast-paced growth of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, traditional export players in Cebu are still holding on and refused to be tagged as “sunset” industry.

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Cebuano exporters, specifically in furniture, fashion accessories, and gifts-toys-and-houseware sectors are told to take good care of their designers, as Chinese manufacturers are eyeing to hire more Filipino designers to boost their exports of the same product.

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If given the full support of the government, the Cebu export sector hopes to hit 10 percent to 11 percent growth in 2011, although stakeholders are seeing another tough year for the export sector.

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The government’s allocation of P100 million for the export industry is seen to help exporters cope with the recovering market.

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Cebuano exporters, through the PhilExport-Cebu, formally handed yesterday its position paper requesting some amendments to the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Memorandum Order (CMO-2-2010) to Customs commissioner Napoleon Morales.

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Just when the export sector is expecting recovery starting this year, the industry is yet again confronted with another challenge with the implementation of new Bureau of Customs (BOC) Memorandum Order.

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Although recovery is now slowly being felt in the world’s furniture market, domestic demand for world-class furniture pieces continues to grow.

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