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                    [Title] => Fertilizer imports hit 3-year high in 2023
                    [Summary] => Fertilizer imports last year expanded by almost a fifth to a three-year high of over 2.5 million metric tons as global prices of the farm input declined at a double-digit pace.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-02-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1375272
                    [AuthorName] => Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas
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                    [Title] => Trade gap expected to widen further
                    [Summary] => The Philippines’ trade deficit is expected to widen further this year amid weaker exports and stronger imports, according to Dutch financial giant ING.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-01-22 00:00:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
                    [SectionName] => Business
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                    [Title] => Reviewing import rules
                    [Summary] => In the PBA, there are strict rules regarding the recruitment of imports. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-12-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson
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                    [Title] => EU Council backs Philippines' GSP+ extension, says DTI chief
                    [Summary] => The European Union and the European Council is supportive of a four-year extension on the eligibility of the Philippines in the Generalized Scheme of Preferences trade mechanism, Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual said on Wednesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-11-22 17:02:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Ian Laqui
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                    [Title] => Further widening of trade gap seen
                    [Summary] => Nomura Global Markets Research sees the country’s trade deficit widening further by 25.6 percent to $4.9 billion in July from $3.9 billion in June amid the continued contraction in exports and increase in imports.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-09-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
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                    [Title] => Trade shortfall narrows in April
                    [Summary] => The Philippines posted a smaller trade deficit in April as both exports and imports registered double-digit declines.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-06-10 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
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                    [AuthorID] => 1473425
                    [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio
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                    [Title] => Imports all accounted for
                    [Summary] => All 12 imports playing in the PBA Governors’ Cup are now in town with Meralco’s Tony Bishop the last to arrive early Wednesday morning.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-12-03 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Joaquin Henson
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                    [Title] => Record $3.1 billion agriculture imports from US expected this year
                    [Summary] => The Philippines continues to increase its dependence on agricultural products coming from the US as imports are expected to reach a record $3.1 billion this year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-12-02 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
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                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => Think tank sees widening trade gap
                    [Summary] => Barcelona-based Focus Economics sees the country’s trade deficit further ballooning over the next two years after narrowing last year as the growth in the importation of capital goods and raw materials will continue to outpace that of exports.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1097197
                    [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili
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                    [Title] => Trade deficit narrows by 41% in December
                    [Summary] => The country’s trade deficit narrowed by 40.6 percent in December 2019 as exports registered double-digit growth and imports contracted, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported yesterday. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-12 00:00:00
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Fertilizer imports hit 3-year high in 2023

By Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas | February 19, 2024 - 12:00am

Fertilizer imports last year expanded by almost a fifth to a three-year high of over 2.5 million metric tons as global prices...

Business

Trade gap expected to widen further

By Lawrence Agcaoili | January 22, 2024 - 12:00am

The Philippines’ trade deficit is expected to widen further this year amid weaker exports and stronger imports, according...

Business

Reviewing import rules

By Joaquin M. Henson | December 29, 2023 - 12:00am

In the PBA, there are strict rules regarding the recruitment of imports.

Sports

EU Council backs Philippines' GSP+ extension, says DTI chief

By Ian Laqui | November 22, 2023 - 5:02pm

The European Union and the European Council is supportive of a four-year extension on the eligibility of the Philippines...

Business

Further widening of trade gap seen

By Lawrence Agcaoili | September 3, 2023 - 12:00am

Nomura Global Markets Research sees the country’s trade deficit widening further by 25.6 percent to $4.9 billion in...

Business

Trade shortfall narrows in April

By Louella Desiderio | June 10, 2023 - 12:00am

The Philippines posted a smaller trade deficit in April as both exports and imports registered double-digit declines.

Business

Imports all accounted for

By Joaquin Henson | December 3, 2021 - 12:00am

All 12 imports playing in the PBA Governors’ Cup are now in town with Meralco’s Tony Bishop the last to arrive...

Sports

Record $3.1 billion agriculture imports from US expected this year

By Louise Maureen Simeon | December 2, 2020 - 12:00am

The Philippines continues to increase its dependence on agricultural products coming from the US as imports are expected to...

Business

Think tank sees widening trade gap

By Lawrence Agcaoili | February 16, 2020 - 12:00am

Barcelona-based Focus Economics sees the country’s trade deficit further ballooning over the next two years after narrowing last year as the growth in the importation of capital goods and raw materials will...

Business

Trade deficit narrows by 41% in December

By Czeriza Valencia | February 12, 2020 - 12:00am

The country’s trade deficit narrowed by 40.6 percent in December 2019 as exports registered double-digit growth and imports contracted, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported yesterday.

Business