The General Department of Customs and Excise earned $1.7 billion as custom income in three quarters, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8 percent. The figures was shared in a monthly meeting held on Thursday chaired by its director general Kun Nhem. The nine-month income is equal to 71.9 percent of 2021 income plan. Incomes earned from […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by Filipinos overseas continued its rise in August, unfazed by another wave of infections globally fueled by the Delta variant. What’s new Cash remittances coursed through banks rose 5.1% year-on-year in August to $2.61 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reported on Friday. This growth was faster compared to 2.5% recorded […]
Read MoreAccording to the latest trade data published by the Indonesian Statistics Bureau, the country recorded a bigger-than-expected trade surplus in September, although both imports and exports disappointed. Indonesia reported a trade surplus of $4.37 billion vs. $3.84 billion expected and $4.74 billion previous. The imports and exports came in at 40.31% and 47.64% respectively vs. 50% and […]
Read MoreThe Government has targeted the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 6%-6.5% in 2022 despite the lingering challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The target was included in a socioeconomic development plan for next year, delivered by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at a meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing […]
Read MoreA Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) meeting on Thursday agreed to reopen 15 more provinces to foreign tourists between November 1 and 30, spokesman Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin announced. However, certain measures for entering the kingdom may still strictly be in effect, such as requiring every tourist to be fully vaccinated and taking a RT-PCR […]
Read MoreECONOMIC growth will still hit the government’s downwardly adjusted 2021 target despite an expected third quarter slowdown, a Cabinet official said on Thursday. “Yes, we’re sticking to that growth target and we think we’ll hit it,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said in a television interview when asked about the possibility of meeting this year’s 4-5 percent […]
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