TRADE AND INDUSTRY INFORMATION CENTER Issue 18
September 30, 2013
Title
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Your Guide to Doing Business in Free Trade Areas
Publisher
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Department of Trade and Industry. Bureau of Export Trade Promotion
Call Number :
45 608/07.03/DTI-BETP/2012 The handbook is divided in three parts. The first part introduces the concept of free trade agreements; the second part discusses information on partner markets; and the third features Philippine key export sectors. It also serves as a good reference material to learn about and better understand the benefits of Free Trade Areas (FTAs) and how they work when trading with partner countries. 132p.
Title
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Bureau of Export Trade Promotion Tool Kit
Publisher
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Department of Trade and Industry. Bureau of Export Trade Promotion
Call Number :
45 608/00.07/DTI-BETP/2013 The kit contains: a) Exponet Directory 2013; b) Highlights of the Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP 2011-2013); and c) fliers and brochures on: BETPs general guide to services; guide for SME exporters; procedure for the availment of travel tax exemption (TTE) for exporters; procedure for the accreditation of exporters under the export development act (EDA); procedure for the accreditation of coffee exporters; procedure for the client profile registration system (CPRS) for coffee; procedure for CPRS for accredited exporters under the EDA; procedure for the automated documentation system (AEDS); clearance and issuance of International Coffee Organization certificate of origin (CO); and procedure for the shipment of sample-size coffee.
Copies are available for loan to DTI employees and for research purposes only to external clients, on a first-come, first-served basis at the DTI Library, GF Trade and Industry Building, 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, 1200 Makati City. For inquiries/reservation, please call 751.0384 local 2130.
Title
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2013 44th Edition
Publisher
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Asian Development Bank
Call Number :
STAT/45 000/ADB/2013 This edition includes the latest available economic, financial, social, and environmental indicators for the 48 regional members of the Asian Development Bank. It presents the latest key statistics on development issues concerning the economies of Asia and the Pacific to a wide audience, including policy makers, development practitioners, government officials, researchers, students, and the general public. Part I of this issue is a special chapter on “Asia’s Economic Transformation: Where to, How, and How Fast.” Parts II and III are composed of brief, nontechnical analyses and statistical tables on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and seven other themes, namely: people; economy and output; money, finance and prices; globalization; transport, electricity, and communications; energy and environment; and government and governance. 348p.
Title
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Good to Grow? The Environment for Asia’s Internet Businesses
Publisher
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The Economist Intelligence Unit
Call Number :
45 000/13.06.02/EIU/2013 This report is based on desk research and interviews with more than 30 Internet entrepreneurs and other experts around the region. It focuses on the internal and external factors that influence the business models and growth ambitions of Asian Internet companies, such as commercial and regulatory environment, as well as the market for talent and the ecosystem of collaboration. 32p.
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