Philippines Generate USD4.3 Million from Selangor F&B Expo

Philippine firms have generated USD4.3 million worth of initial export sales in the recently concluded Selangor International Food & Beverage Expo 2022, according to the Export Marketing Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI-EMB). The exposition was held on October 06-09 (ref. initial report in UWB of October 13).  In addition, DTI-EMB said the Philippine delegation also generated an additional USD5.4 million worth of potential leads at the expo.

The Philippine delegation, composed of 16 coconut, coffee, cacao producers, was led by DTI-EMB and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Kuala Lumpur. The country’s participation in the F&B expo is one of the initiatives of DTI to promote the country’s coconut sector in international markets under the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan.  Under the Plan, DTI has been assisting coconut farmer enterprises in entering/growing their presence in the global markets through the implementation of extensive market research and strategies for the promotion of coconut products.

Among the companies that participated were Amazing Foods Corp., Benevelle Corp, Cocoplus Aquarian Development Corp., Federation of Peoples’ Sustainable Development Cooperative, Fruits of Life Inc., Greenlife Coconut Products Philippines Inc., JNRM Corp., Pasciolco Agri-Ventures, The Superfood Grocer Phils. Inc, Tongsan Industrial Development Corp., TreeLife Coco Sugar, Wellnesscare International Corp., Project Beans Trading, VerraCoffee Inc., and MS3 Agri-Ventures Corp.