DOLLAR earnings raked in by exporters in the different economic zones (Ecozones) in the country jumped by 28.96 percent in the first three quarters of the year to $30.275 billion.
Locators of privately operated economic zones contributed $21.3 billion to the total January-to-September exports, 32.4 percent higher compared with the same period in 2009.
Companies in government-owned economic zones, on the other hand, registered a 27.75-percent hike in export earnings to $5.766 billion in the first nine months of the year.
Meanwhile, service exporters in information technology (IT) parks and buildings reported total three-quarter dollar earnings of $3.207 billion, 11.6-percent better compared with the same period last year.
In terms of employment, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority reported that ecozone locators collectively employ 721,588 individuals, up 21.84 percent compared with September last year.
Public ecozones employ 124,118 individuals, while the privately run ecozones have 331,492 total personnel. The IT parks and buildings, on the other hand, are now home to 265,978 employees. –Max V. de Leon / Reporter, Businessmirror
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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