BACOLOD City – Negrense producers engaged in export are eyeing access to the Canadian market, which patronizes and purchases goods from countries in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines.
This was noted by Mary Ann Colmenares, chairperson of the Provincial Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council of Negros Occidental, after the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CanCham) in the Philippines president Julian Payne presented export opportunities in his country before local manufacturers here earlier this week.
“The presentation was very informative. We have not saturated the export market in Canada. We have yet to build access to it,” Colmenares said.
She added that the presentation will help them gain access to Canada for products from Negros Occidental.
The market will be a good match for the capacities the Negrense SMEs have at present, she said.
Colmenares pointed out that the CanCham official presented a well-defined analysis of the products that Canadians patronize and buy specifically from the Philippines and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations in general. (With a report from PNA/PN)
