Title:
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
Speaker Name:
Mr. Roberto C. Amores
PHILEXPORT Trustee – Food Sector President – Philippine Food Processors
and Exporters Organization (PHILFOODEX)
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Hi-Las Marketing Corporation started 40 years ago out of a dream and first love – farming and the countryside.
Food, being a basic necessity for human survival, can be a potentially lucrative business.
“Reversing Challenges to Success” Hi-Las Marketing Corporation The Total Agri-Business Specialists
A starting capital of P1,500.00 pesos each
or about US$ 75.00
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Hylas, which means strong, is named after the 1st borne son of Hercules in Greek Mythology.
Divisoria, the Philippines biggest wholesale wet and dry market in the located in Manila.
“Reversing Challenges to Success” Hi-Las Marketing Corporation
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“Reversing Challenges to Success” Hi-Las Marketing Corporation The Total Agri-Business Specialists
“when a door closes, a window opens”.
That was when the export opportunity to Japan emerged.
research
production
quality standards
setbacks and pitfalls experiences
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Hi-Las Marketing Corporation remains a major producer
and exporter of fresh and processed Philippine Carabao Mangoes, considered one of the best and most flavorful variety in the world
and other food products in the country.
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Departments of Agriculture
Trade and Industry,
PHILEXPORT
• Philfoodex.
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Certified :
1. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points or HACCP seal that
addresses food safety through the analysis and control of biological, chemical and physical hazards from raw material production,
procurement and handling, to manufacturing, distribution and consumption of the finished product.
2. Good Agricultural Practice or GAP
“Reversing Challenges to Success” Hi-Las Marketing Corporation
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“Reversing Challenges to Success” Hi-Las Marketing Corporation The Total Agri-Business Specialists
Success:
diversified line to include fresh Japanese okra grown in Tarlac and exported to Japan since 1982.
600 to 700 direct and indirect workers dependent on the company, including families of countless
farmers and growers in the countryside.
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Hi-Las exports to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, France, USA and the UK.
HONG KONG
KOREA
USA JAPAN
FRANCE
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UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY
advocacy to work for an equally sustainable food sector, with elements and stakeholders that can converge towards a competitive and reliable supply chain;
this sectoral link is even more relevant as we gear up to compete within the framework of many free trade agreements, especially the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 and our FTA partners such as Korea.
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
Philippines is practically a natural green-house with suitable climate and fertile soil for year-round cultivation. This is further
backed by a big pool of farm labor and the best in farm technology that is easily accessible.
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
These built-in advantages inspires food producers, processors and exporters to expand the base of our food exports, focus on products with strong domestic and foreign demand, and adopt more aggressive marketing strategies and offensives not only to sustain, but to speed up food export growth.
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Food exports from the Philippines registered double digit growth in 2012 and are forecast to continue to grow in the next two years.
Exports of the semi-processed food and agriculture-based industries reached US$3.55 billion in 2012, an increase of11.56 percent from 2011 figures. These sectors are expected to post continued volume growth, forecast at six percent in 2013 and ten percent in 2014.
Food exports represented 6.8% of total Philippine exports of nearly $52 billion last year. Overseas food shipments included processed foods accounting for 57%, fresh foods representing 28%, and marine products comprising 15%.
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Philippine Food Exports
Processed Foods Fresh Foods Marine Products
28% 57%
15%
We work with government to help improve its assessment of the global food market and gain increased access to technology and investment funding.
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
We are also streamlining procedures to come up with common and standardized tariff schedule and classification as well as rules of origin to help contribute to the competitiveness of our food exports.
The government is also working to accelerate the move toward an electronic-based system of Customs processing through the Single Window Project to reduce transaction costs among
ASEAN countries.
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Still as part of the joint private sector and government support on our sector, we are institutionalizing other programs and projects such as local and foreign trade fairs and trade missions; development of an electronic export marketing system and the putting up of a state trading company that helps directly sell the products of small and medium producers.
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The Philippine Department of Agriculture, which leads government efforts in this area, is helping push for greater competitiveness for our sector compared with the rest of our global competitors.
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The DA’s programs aim to strengthen further the quality infrastructure of the Filipino food industry by ensuring heavy focus on food safety and the importance of hygienic practices throughout the production chain to complement efforts in plant and animal protection.
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
Three elements of our agriculture program now command greater attention, effort and resources than before: the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP); the Good Manufacturing Program (GMP) to guarantee quality and safety throughout production and processing; and the Drug Residue Program to eliminate the threat posed by the misuse of drugs in plants and animals intended for food.
The Philippine DA has also doubled its efforts to make national regulatory systems equal to those of the best in the world, improving government inspection and accreditation services, even as it works to achieve satisfactory measure of equivalence between national standards and those of prospective foreign markets.
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We have likewise begun implementing the Philippine
Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) program for small farmers and are now deeply involved in the formulation and approval
of the ASEAN GAP.
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The Department of Agriculture is also into biotechnology program, Expanded Human Resources Development Program and the DA- Fullbright Scholarship Program.
These efforts have brought the Philippines to the cutting edge of the applied agriculture and fisheries sciences allowing the improvement of the lives of many Filipinos especially in the rural areas.
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There is growing interest for us to tap the growing Halal market of the world which is estimated to be more than US$800 billion.
But the more positive news is that not only are the bigger players positioned to benefit from this huge market. Even small and medium
enterprises stand to gain given the right government technical support and policy environment.
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“Reversing Challenges to Success”
Work together in terms of investments and technical assistance.
Join forces in export promotion and in advocating and implementing standards.
Ensure product-acceptability in international standards to penetrate global markets.
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PRODUCTION PROCESSING PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTION INPUT
A need for a program that covers the whole
value-chain model including traceability and audit, packaging system, ICT, capacity building which are important components
in the development and sustainability of the Halal industry in both countries.
Sharing the same culture and heritage, undoubtedly, transcending geographic boundaries, our countries are training our sights to a full flowering of genuine
sibling partnership, leaving behind a checkered history not devoid of some rough sailing.
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While the journey to the partnership that it is today had at times been choppy and tough, the Philippines and the rest of Asia could look back to history with pride that
we surmounted the hurdles.
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Through the years, we have kept a relationship
distinguished by civility, mutual respect and cooperation within the framework of ASEAN.
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We are open for business and partnerships.
In a world that is becoming more and more integrated, we are finding huge value from working together and
maximizing limited resources that are available.
From our business experiences as a company, sector or country, we draw strength
that can bring inspiration for many other SMEs to follow.
“Reversing Challenges to Success”
“Reversing Challenges to Success”