 Business in the Philippines,
Manila
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in the Philippines - Manila
- Introduction to the Republic of the Philippines (Southeast Asia ASEAN)
- Doing Business in Manila
- Philippine Economy
- Philippine International Trade (Import, Export)
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Philippines
- Business Opportunities in the Philippines:
- Electronics
- Software development
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Cement
- Renewable energy
- Case Study
- San Miguel Corporation
- SM Group
- Access to the Philippine market
- Business Plan for the Philippines
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of the Philippines” are the following:
- To analyse the Philippine Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of the Philippines
- To explore the Philippine trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Philippine Free Trade Agreements
- To examine the profile of Philippine companies
- To develop a business plan for the Philippine market
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in the Philippines:

Description of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in the Philippines.
Economic Corridors related to the Philippines:- Access to the
East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
- Access to the
Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
- Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Zone
Philippine Trade Agreements and Market Access
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
-
ASEAN Free-Trade Area
- ASEAN Economic Community
- East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
- The Philippines has Free Trade Agreements (as a member of the ASEAN) with China, India,
Australia-New Zealand,
European Union, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
- European Union-Philippines
- European Union-Philippines Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
- ASEAN-European Union
- EFTA-Philippines Free Trade Agreement
International Trade Facilitation Programs
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement)
- Agreement on
Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
- WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention
- Hamburg Rules
- International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC) - not a member
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission - not a member

Asian Trade and Economic Organisations
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Colombo Plan
- Boao Forum for Asia
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership
Global Organisations
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
The Republic of the Philippines:
- Philippine Capital: Manila
- The largest city of the Philippines: Quezon City
- The Philippine official languages are Filipino (Tagalog) and English
- In the Philippines, they are nineteen recognised regional language.
- Spanish and Arabic are also used
- Philippine Area: 300,000 square kilometres
- Philippine Population: 102 million people
- The main Philippine ethnic groups are Visayan (34%), Tagalog (28%), Ilocano (10%), and Bicolano (7%)
- Type of Government of the Philippines: Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic
- Independence of the Philippines:
- 1898 (from
Spain)
- 1946 (from the United States)
- Maritime borders of the Philippines:
Indonesia, Malaysia,
Palau, Taiwan and Vietnam
Main religion in the Philippines: Christianity (Catholicism:
75 million) and Islam (10%).

Philippine Economy.
The Republic of the Philippines is one of the fastest economies in South-east Asia.
- The Philippines is the 39th largest economy in the World
- Philippine GDP: 289.686 billion dollars
- The Philippines is a newly industrialised country and one of the Next Eleven economies
- Philippine agricultural sector: 14% of the GDP and 32% of the labour force
- Industry: 30% of the GDP and 14% of the workforce
- Services sector of the Philippines: 56% of the GDP and the 47% of the workers
- The Republic of the Philippines is an excellent platform for
international business
- The Philippines is strategically located in the middle of two important international trade routes: The Pacific Ocean and the South
China Sea
- The Philippines is one of the top ten gold producers in the World
- Key emerging sectors of the Philippine economy: electronics, business process outsourcing, and software development
- Philippine Currency: Peso (PHP)
- Unemployment rate in the Philippines: 6%
Foreign Trade of the Philippines.
- The Philippines is the largest copper exporter in Southeast Asia
- Top trading partners of the Philippines are the United States,
Japan, China, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands,
and
Hong Kong
- Top exports products of the Philippines: semiconductors, electronic products,
Transport equipment, garments, copper products, and petroleum
- The Philippine company “Madagascar International Container Terminal Services” manages the Toamasina Autonomous Port
Foreign direct investment (FDI).
Foreign investors are allowed to invest 100% equity in companies occupied in nearly all types of business activities

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