Improved South-Southeast Asia connectivity key to boosting trade—ADB

With newly opened Myanmar providing a land link, South Asia and Southeast…

PH signs customs pacts with Russia, Netherlands

The Philippines has signed customs cooperation agreements with the Russian Federation and…

Korean study cites barriers to PH bid for ASEAN shipping integration

THE Philippines needs to address institutional barriers to be able to link…

Chemical market demand boosts tanker tonnage

DEMAND for chemical tankers is on the rise, partly influenced by increasing…

PH Customs misses target with P68.5B collections in Q1

The Philippine Bureau of Customs raised P68.5 billion in the first quarter…

PH agency sticks to growth target despite Jan-Feb export drop

THE drop in the Philippines’ exports in February should not be a…

APEC growth seen to gradually accelerate

Many member-economies of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) were adversely affected by the…

Overseas PH workers make freight forwarding a billion-dollar business

The growing number of balikbayan or door-to-door boxes, which reflects the steadily…

PH to accredit oil ports as Customs takes flak over fuel smuggling

The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) will soon implement a system of…

Developing Asia to post robust growth in 2013-2014

Rising private consumption and stronger intra-regional trade will spur the growth of…