DTI calls on exporters to join China expo

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry has urged Cebu exporters to join this year's China International Import Expo (CIIE), a key for them to enter the world's second biggest economy.

DTI is organizing an information session for Cebuano exporters on the upcoming expo in China on March 20 at Harolds Hotel.

The trade agency urged Cebuano exporters to be among the Philippine companies to set a foothold in the maiden edition of the CIIE which will be held on November 5-10, 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China.

DTI takes the lead in organizing the biggest ever country participation in an overseas trade fair, with over 100 Philippine product and service exporters, investors and government representatives.

DTI said President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to lead the Philippine delegation.

Personally announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Belt and Road Forum, the CIIE is a major international event that shows China’s firm support to trade liberalization and actively open the Chinese market to the world.

CIIE is the only trade show in China to date which will feature foreign exhibitors, and no China companies on the exhibit floor.

Further, China is expecting to import goods and services worth more than US$10 trillion in the following years, and this provides a historic trade event for enterprises worldwide to enter the huge Chinese market.

Following this announcement, DTI seizes this window of opportunity to promote Philippine products and services, and be able to achieve a significant share of the China market.

The CIIE will focus mainly on importation of goods and services to China.

The section of trade in goods includes 6 exhibitions areas: High-end Intelligent Equipment; Consumer Electronics & Appliances; Automobile; Apparel, Accessories & Consumer Goods; Food & Agricultural Products; Medical Equipment & Medical Care Products.

The section of trade in services comprises Tourism Services, Emerging Technologies, Culture & Education, Creative Design and Service Outsourcing.

DTI partnered with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Bank of China and the Chinese Embassy in Manila to conduct CIIE roadshows in Manila, Cebu and Davao.

The CIIE roadshow dubbed as the China International Import Expo (CIIE): Your Gateway to the China Market, will include a presentation on CIIE and discussion on export opportunities in China and its import regulations.