{"id":135631,"date":"2017-12-01T21:49:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=135631"},"modified":"2017-12-01T21:49:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:49:04","slug":"peza-registers-p203-b-investments-in-jan-oct-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/01\/peza-registers-p203-b-investments-in-jan-oct-17-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PEZA registers P203-B investments in Jan-Oct \u201917"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has registered PHP203.2 billion investments in January to October 2017, up 89.3 percent from PHP107.3 billion in the same period in 2016.<\/p>\n

PEZA Director General Charito Plaza said the number of projects, job generation, and export revenues in economic zones for the period also increased.<\/p>\n

Projects approved by PEZA in the first 10 months of the year slightly grew by 0.62 percent to 484 from 481 last year.<\/p>\n

Employment in PEZA zones went up 4.47 percent to 1.38 million in January to October 2017 from 1.32 million in the same period in 2016.<\/p>\n

Export revenues of PEZA-registered firms likewise improved 9.7 percent to USD38 billion this year from USD34.6 billion in the previous year.<\/p>\n

Investment in economic zone development reached PHP125.8 billion, almost doubled the PHP65.2 billion approved in 2016.<\/p>\n

Growth in manufacturing investments was faster at 98 percent amounting to PHP45.6 billion in January to October 2017 from PHP23.5 billion last year.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, investments in information technology sector slowed down to PHP14.4 billion, down 8.4 percent.<\/p>\n

Plaza said in a chance interview that investment pledges in PEZA are seen to further increase towards the end of the year.<\/p>\n

She said PEZA has been aggressive in promoting the Philippines as investment destination both to foreign and local companies.<\/p>\n

She added that PEZA also invites local government units to convert idle lands into economic zones. (PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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