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Article: PHILIPPINES LOOKS TO PUSH LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTS TO GLOBAL MARKET.
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- February 18, 2003
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MANILA, Feb 18 Asia Pulse - Intensive export promotional activities and strategic international marketing events organized by the Department of Trade and Industry continue to create a niche for Philippine food products in the international market.
Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel A. Roxas II said the recently-concluded U.S. Food Product Sales blitz organized jointly by DTI's Bureau of Export Trade Promotion and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in San Francisco highlighted this achievement.
A first of its kind in the US, the sales blitz generated an initial stakes of US$1.995 million, exceeding US$668,300 or 33.5 per cent of the actual ...