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Economy of the Philippines. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. The economy of the Philippines is an emerging market, and considered as a newly industrialized country in the Asia-Pacific region. [ 31] In 2024, the Philippine economy is estimated to be at ₱26.55 trillion ($471.5 billion), making it the world's 32nd largest ...
Rice paddies in Balagtas, Bulacan. Agriculture in the Philippines is a major sector of the economy, ranking third among the sectors in 2022 behind only Services and Industry. Its outputs include staples like rice and corn, but also export crops such as coffee, cavendish banana, pineapple and pineapple products, coconut, sugar, and mango. [ 1]
The Philippines was affected by the crisis in a decline in three aspects: exports, remittances from overseas Filipino workers, and foreign direct investments. Heavily dependent on electronic and semiconductor exports, the Philippines saw a downward trend in its export earnings as countries in demand of these exports entered recession.
Manufactured exports became a significant growth area, growing at twice the rate of the agricultural exports which had been the Philippines’ traditional export products. [10] The Marcos administration continued its strategy of relying on international loans to fund the projects that would support the booming economy, prompting later ...
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority ( PEZA ), formerly known as the Foreign Trade Zone Authority ( FTZA) and Export Processing Zone Authority ( EPZA ), is a Philippine government agency attached to the Department of Trade and Industry . It was created to help promote investments in the export-oriented manufacturing industry into the country ...
Coffee is an important agricultural product in the Philippines, and is one of the Philippines' most important export products [1] aside from being in high demand in the country's local consumer market. [2] The Philippines is one of the few countries that produce the four main viable coffee varieties; Arabica, Liberica , Excelsa and Robusta.
Coconut production plays an important role in the national economy of the Philippines. According to figures published in December 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Philippines is the world's second largest producer of coconuts, producing 19,500,000 tonnes in 2009. [1]
Export-oriented industrialization ( EOI ), sometimes called export substitution industrialization ( ESI ), export-led industrialization ( ELI ), or export-led growth, is a trade and economic policy aiming to speed up the industrialization process of a country by exporting goods for which the nation has a comparative advantage.