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Article: PHILIPPINES BAGS US$36.6 MLN IN AGRI SALES AT GERMAN FOOD FAIR.
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- November 1, 2007
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MANILA, Nov 1 Asia Pulse - Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on Wednesday said the country's top food manufacturers for locally processed agricultural products generated sales of US$36.62 million from the recently held international food fair in Germany from US$24 million earned from the same event two years ago.
Yap said total sales posted by Philippine exhibitors in this year's Anuga 2007 held in Koln Messe, Germany were 83 per cent higher than the US$20 million target revenue.
The country's participation in the Anuga food trade show is among the activities being carried out by the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Export Development Team to help boost ...