OVERVIEW

• PHILIPPINES - AT A GLANCE
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
• PHILIPPINES – UNITED KINGDOM TRADE
• PHILIPPINES – EU TRADE
• PHILIPPINES – ASEAN
• ASEAN TRADE
• PHILIPPINES – NEW GOVERNMENT
• PHILIPPINES - AT A GLANCE • Land : 300,000 sq.km.
• Population : 90 million,
2.0% growth (July 2009)
• Median age : 22 years
old
• Languages : Pilipino,
English
• GDP : US$ 321 billion
(PPP, 2008)
• Income/capita : US$
3,300 (PPP, 2008)
• GDP composition :
Agriculture (15%),
Industry (32%), Services
(53%)
• Labor force : 37 million
• PHILIPPINES - AT A GLANCE
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE - GDP

2001 – 2009
• Average GDP for the period was 4.97%, highest since 1966
• 33 Quarters of Uninterrupted Growth
• GDP/Capita Grew from $76 billion in 2001 to $186 billion in 2008

2010
• The government projects growth of between 2.6-3.6% for 2010.
• Fitch Ratings projects 3.2% growth, IMF 3.5%, HSBC 4.2%, Barclay’s
4.3%, and MasterCard Worldwide 5.1%.
• IMF said Philippine economic growth would improve to 4.0% in 2011
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – STOCK MARKET INDEX

2001 – 2009
• From 1,494.50 points on 29 December 2000 to 3,052.68 points on 29
December 2009

2010

• Last week, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) advanced to

3,327.69, its highest close in 28 months
• Money placed by foreign investors in the stock market nearly doubled
to $2.01 billion during the first four months of the year.
• The total amount of foreign portfolio investments registered with the
BSP totaled $2.78 billion, up by $1.09 billion or 65 percent from $1.69
billion the same comparable period
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – INTERNATIONAL RESERVES

2001 – 2009
• From $15.06 billion in 2000, to $45.03 billion in 2009
• Dollar reserves jumped 199% from 2000 - 2009

2010

•The country's foreign exchange reserves grew to a new record level of

$47.03 billion last April
•The country's GIR is expected to reach between $48 billion and $49
billion, instead of the earlier projection of $47 billion
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – INWARD REMITTANCES

2000 - 2009
• From $6 billion in 2000, to over $17 billion in 2009

2010
• Remittances grew year-on-year by 5.6 percent in March 2010 to reach
US$1.6 billion, the second highest monthly remittance level ever
recorded.

• This brought total remittances for the first three months of the year to
US$4.3 billion, or 7.0 percent year-on-year growth registered for the period
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – EXPORTS / IMPORTS

2005 - 2009 (in million USD)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009(Jan-Oct)

Export Import Export Import Export Import Export Import Export Import
41255 47417 47409 51773 50465 55516 49077 56746 31311 35485

2009 - 2010
• Exports grew in November 2009 by 5.1%
• Export sales in the first two months of 2010 posted a 42.43% rise to
$7.146 billion over year-ago levels, buoyed by the 52.3% increase in
electronic shipment sales.
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – EXPORTS / IMPORTS

Export Development Council (EDC) has a 16% growth target for 2010, which will
soon be revised upwards. The Central Bank also said export sales could grow
12% in 2010, better than the 7% forecast made in October
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – EXPORTS / IMPORTS

Top 10 Principal Exports to All Countries: 2008 and 2009 (in million USD)

2009 %share 2008 %share

Total of Top Ten Exports 12,695.12 73.7 19,421.96 75.8
1.Electronic Products 9,758.73 56.7 15,137.81 59.1
2.Clothing 764.80 4.4 991.56 3.9
3.Woodcrafts and Furniture 461.61 2.7 569.34 2.2
4.Cathodes 365.20 2.1 646.39 2.5
5.Products from consigned materials 309.19 1.8 340.81 1.3
6.Wiring sets 266.22 1.5 467.20 1.8
7.Coconut Oil 201.24 1.2 618.53 2.4
8.Bananas (Fresh) 198.17 1.2 211.43 0.8
9.Metal Components 195.35 1.1 283.95 1.1
10.Tuna 174.61 1.0 154.95 0.6
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – EXPORTS / IMPORTS

Top 10 Principal Imports from All Countries: 2008 and 2009 (in million USD)
2009 %share 2008 %share
Total of Top Ten Imports 15,650.73 76.9 23,990.71 81.1
1 Electronic Products 7,113.95 34.9 10,888.18 36.8
2 Mineral fuels, lubricants etc 3,285.04 16.1 6,504.10 22.0
3 Cereals and Cereal Preparations 1,459.23 7.2 1,304.33 4.4
4 Transport Equipment 1,018.58 5.0 1,333.18 4.5
5 Machinery and Equipment 776.16 3.8 1,091.34 3.7
6 Organic and Inorganic Chemical 558.96 2.7 634.40 2.1
7 Iron and Steel 422.14 2.1 885.65 3.0
8 Pharmaceutical Products 361.36 1.8 337.84 1.1
9 Plastics 355.05 1.7 586.07 2.0
10 Textiles and related products 300.27 1.5 425.63 1.4
• ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE – EXPORTS / IMPORTS
• PHILIPPINES – UNITED KINGDOM TRADE

(in million USD)

Total Trade Exports to Imports From
Value Percent Value Percent Value Percent

2008 804.89 6.2 482.78 5.7 322.11 7.3

2009 (1st half) 223.49 4.5 125.23 3.7 98.26 5.9

In terms of its share of world exports to the Philippines, the UK remains in the
15th position. It is also the top net FDI investor in the Philippines, investing
US$ 298.17m in 2008, and a total of over US$18bn over the last 10 years.
 • PHILIPPINES – UNITED KINGDOM TRADE

(in million USD)

Net Foreign Direct Investment

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 p/

4.89 510.77 8.80 1.26 3.10 1.98 9.91 16.52 74.77 298.17 0.45

Net Foreign Portfolio Investment

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

-232.61 -69.04 42.58 71.70 162.40 483.28 950.58

• PHILIPPINES – EU TRADE

2009 (first half), in million USD

Total Trade Exports to Imports From
Value Percent Value Percent Value Percent

EU 4,998.62 13.3 3,343.16 19.4 1,655.47 8.1

1. Netherlands
2. Germany
3. France
4. Belgium
5. UK 223.49 4.5 125.23 3.7 98.26 5.9
• PHILIPPINES – EU TRADE

Major Philippine Exports to EU

Value(in million USD) %Share

Total 3,343.16 100.0

Electronic products 2,386.70 71.4

Products from consigned imported materials 173.33 5.2
Coconut oil 84.23 2.5
Tuna 84.18 2.5
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 66.67 2.0
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Major Philippine Imports from EU

Value(in million USD) Share

Total 1,655.47 100.0

Electronic products 598.28 36.1

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products 162.41 9.8
Transport Equipment 150.76 9.1
Industrial Machinery and Equipment 139.55 8.4
Organic and Inorganic Chemical 39.02 2.4
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(in million USD)

Net Foreign Direct Investment

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 p/
245.2 578.7 111.1 17.2 -466.6 -12.0 44.4 418.1 88.9 473.1 -15.3

Net Foreign Portfolio Investment

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

-257.17 -72.43 126.02 99.78 241.48 578.43 1,028.02

• PHILIPPINES – ASEAN

• Brunei Darussalam
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Lao PDR
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• PHILIPPINES – ASEAN

Selected basic ASEAN indicators of 15 April 2010

2008 2009

Total land area km2 4,435,830 4,435,830

Total population thousand 583,518 591,841
GDP at current prices US$ million 1,505,648 1,491,691
GDP growth percent 4.4 1.3
GDP/capita at current prices US$ 2,580 2,520
International merchandise trade
US$ million 1,711,336 1,521,281
Export US$ million 880,766 802,710
Import US$ million 830,571 718,571
FDI US$ million 59,701 -
• PHILIPPINES – ASEAN

2009 (first half), in million USD

Total Trade Exports to Imports From

Value Percent Value Percent Value Percent

ASEAN 7,883.14 21.0 2,390.08 13.9 5,493.06 27.0

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ASEAN Trade with EU, 2009 (in millions USD)

Value Share to total ASEAN trade

Exports Imports Total trade Exports Imports Total trade

2008 - 89,471.5 112,886.8 202,358.3 10.2 13.6 11.8

2009 - 88,773.9 81,098.7 169,872.5 11.1 11.3 11.2

UK 2008 - 12,835.1 8,567.0 21,402.1 1.5 1.0 1.3

• ASEAN TRADE
ASEAN Charter

With the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter on 15 December 2008,
ASEAN will operate under a new legal framework and establish a number of
new organs to boost its community-building process.

Economic Significance of Charter:

• Rules-based economic integration; market economy
• Adherence to multilateral trade rules and ASEAN’s rules-based regimes
• Progress reduction towards elimination of all barriers to regional economic
integration
• ASEAN TRADE

ASEAN Trade Agreements - ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)

The AFTA has been virtually established with significant progress in the
lowering of intra-regional tariffs through the Common Effective Preferential Tariff
(CEPT) Scheme. More than 99% of products in the CEPT Inclusion List (IL) of
the ASEAN-6 have been brought down to the 0-5% tariff range

Products that remain out of the CEPT-AFTA Scheme are those in the Highly
Sensitive List (i.e. rice) and the General Exception List.

ASEAN’s newer members are not far behind in the implementation of their
CEPT commitments with almost 80 percent of their products having been moved
into their respective CEPT ILS.
• ASEAN TRADE

ASEAN Trade Agreements - ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA)

The cost of doing business in ASEAN will be lower and trade-related

transactions simpler as the ATIGA entered into force on 17 May 2010.

The ATIGA consolidates all commitments related to trade in goods. It

focuses on not only tariff liberalisation and non-tariff measures, but it also
includes matters related to simplification of rules of origin and its
implementation.

The ATIGA contains the full import duty liberalisation schedule among
ASEAN Member States and spells out the tariff rates to be applied on products,
providing businesses with transparency and certainty.
• ASEAN TRADE
ASEAN Trade Agreements – FTAs with Other Countries

The ASEAN-China FTA became fully effective as of 1 January 2010;

Agreement on Trade in Goods was signed in 2004; Trade In Services
Agreement entered into force in July 2007; Investment Agreement signed in
August 2009.

The ASEAN-Korea Trade in Goods Agreement was signed in August 2006;

Trade in Services Agreement was concluded in November 2007; Investment
Agreement was signed in June 2009

The Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free

Trade Area (AANZFTA) was signed on 27 February 2009.
• ASEAN TRADE
ASEAN Trade Agreements – EU (?)

The EU is reportedly still keen on a free trade pact with ASEAN although it
will soon start free trade agreement talks with individual member
countries.

One of the stumbling blocks to an FTA with ASEAN is that its members are
in different phases of development.

The EU hopes to start its first FTA talk in ASEAN with Singapore, and
recently expressed interest in an FTA with Vietnam.
• PHILIPPINES – EU TRADE
RP-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)

Great progress was reported at the fourth round of negotiations concluded last 5
February 2010 on the PCA that will serve as the general framework of relations
between the Philippines and the European Union.

The parties agreed on provisions with respect combating illicit drugs, employment
and social affairs, data protection, education, culture and intercultural and interfaith
dialogue, development cooperation, statistics, and small arms and light weapons.

Next round of PCA negotiations in June may also be the last. FTA talks may
proceed thereafter.

The Philippine Trade and Industry Secretary issued a statement on 18 May

2010 that “an FTA between the Philippines and the EU is not only desirable but
also in order”.
• PHILIPPINES – NEW GOVERNMENT

On 10 May 2010, Philippine national elections were held to elect a new

President and Vice-President, 12 Senators, the House of Representatives, and
local government officials.

There was 75% turnout of the 50 million registered voters. Foreign

governments - including the UK and the EU - congratulated the Philippines on
the successful elections.

With 90% of votes counted, Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III
leads his closest rival by over five million votes.
• PHILIPPINES – NEW GOVERNMENT
Policy Pronouncements of Senator Aquino:

Raise Tax Efficiency rate by two percentage points from the current 13%

Consider raising taxes if it was clear budget shortfall was unlikely to be cut
quickly by anti-evasion and anti-smuggling measures

Streamline fiscal incentives offered to investors

Impose a “zero budgeting” measure, in which all major-ticket items under

the P1.54-trillion 2010 budget will be re-examined

Reduce red-tape and simplify business procedures

Improve transportation and housing infrastructure, invest in early childhood

education, and achieve 100 percent health care protection in three years
• PHILIPPINES – NEW GOVERNMENT

Policy Pronouncements of Senator Aquino include (continued):

Promote industries with the greatest potential for growth and where the
Philippines has a competitive advantage, such as agri-business, BPO,
creative industries, infrastructure, manufacturing and logistics, mining,
and tourism and retirement.

Increase defense spending to two percent of GDP, from the current one percent.

Review possible changes to economic provisions in the Philippine

Constitution, in his first 100 days as President.
THANK YOU

AND

MABUHAY!