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Philippines: Domestic trade weakens in Q2

MANILA, Philippines — Trade of goods within the country registered a double-digit slowdown both in terms of quality and quantity in the second quarter of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Preliminary results of the Domestic Trade Statistics in the Philippines Second Quarter 2019 report showed that total domestic trade during the quarter […]

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Indonesia: Trade Ministry to revise meat import regulation to include halal certification requirement

The Trade Ministry will revise its newly implemented Ministerial Regulation No. 29/2019 regarding export and import of livestock and meat products to emphasize halal certification requirements for exporters. It did not incorporate the halal certification in the regulation as the requirement has been regulated by the Agriculture Ministry, causing public assumption that imported meat products […]

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China remains increasing source of Brunei’s FDI

China continues to be one of Brunei Darussalam’s top trading partners and an increasing source of foreign firect investment (FDI), with total trade amounting to BND2.54 billion in 2018, Permanent Secretary (Investment) at the Ministry of Finance and Eco-nomy (MoFE) Haji Khairuddin bin Haji Abdul Hamid said yesterday. He made the statement at the first […]

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Central Vietnam province to promote zero waste tourism

A ‘Zero plastic waste tourism’ campaign was promoted at a conference in Quang Nam province’s Hoi An city in Vietnam last week with the participation of 200 representatives of NGOs, Unesco and businesses. As well as boosting communications on plastic waste, some members of the Quang Nam provincial tourism association (QTA) have applied their own […]

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