Trade & Investments

Filipino food brands are steadily carving out space in Singapore’s highly competitive premium consumer market, as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) ramps up efforts to position Philippine exports beyond traditional commodity offerings and into higher-value branding and innovation-driven segments.

Proposed amendments to the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) charter seek to significantly expand the agency’s autonomy, giving it broader regulatory control and faster decision-making powers in a bid to sharpen the Philippines’ competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investments.

The Philippines and Germany are moving beyond conventional trade relations toward a more strategic economic partnership centered on resilient supply chains, innovation, and sustainability, according to the Department of Trade and Industry.

Clark International Airport Corporation and Jamco Philippines Inc. formalized a P600-million expansion agreement on June 23, 2026, deepening Clark’s positioning as a rising aerospace manufacturing hub and signaling renewed investor confidence in high-value production within the country.

A major multi-agency crackdown has led to one of the Philippines’ largest recent seizures of illicit tobacco, with authorities intercepting 23 containers of smuggled...