MANILA, Philippines – Total foreign investments approved by the country’s seven investment promotion agencies (IPAs) fell 12.8 percent in the first quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. Investment pledges cleared in the first three months of the year fell to P22.9 billion from P26.2 billion in the same period last […]
Read MoreHANOI — Vietnam must develop its support industry if it wants to attract more Japanese investment into the manufacturing sector, a recent Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) survey shows. JETRO’s chief representative in Hà Nội Hironobu Kitagawa on Thursday outlined low procurement of raw materials and parts as one of the biggest issue that Japanese […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports that non – oil and gas exports in May hit US$13.02 billion or increased by 6.37 percent on a month-on-month basis and 23.34 percent increase on a year-on-year basis. BPS deputy for social statistics Sairi Hasbullah said that non-oil and gas exports increased by 20.1 percent compared to […]
Read MoreSean Turnell, an economic adviser to the NLD-led government, said that the administration spent the first year stabilising the economy and that the economy would take off soon. He also defended the government’s management of the economy, which saw a drop in foreign direct investment, during the Myanmar-EU Economic Forum organised in Nay Pyi Taw […]
Read MoreMaungdaw border trade in Rakhine State has resumed but imports from Bangladesh have yet to come in, Maungdaw Border Trade Chamber of Commerce president U Aung Myint Thein told The Myanmar Times. Border trade between Myanmar and Bangladesh at the Maungdaw border gate can provide large support for Myanmar’s exports as 90 percent of the border-cross trading are Myanmar exports while […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry is set to trim the excise tax for reduced sugar drinks in an attempt to encourage people to consume healthier products and prompt makers to reduce sugar content, says a source at the Finance Ministry. Drinks that contain less sugar than the Finance Ministry’s threshold will be levied a lower excise tax than […]
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