Philippine Daily Inquirer:Philippine food exporters booked $20 million in sales during the recent Halal World Expo 2008 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Department of Agriculture said.
The positive response of UAE buyers to Philippine products bodes well for ongoing efforts to help Filipino exporters get a big share of the $500-billion global market for “halal” — food permissible under Islamic law —Agriculture Assistant Secretary Clayton Olalia said.
Philippine exporters in the expo were AgriNurture Inc., Beaches Farms and Trading Corp., C’Est La Vie Food Phil. Inc., Florence Foods Corp., Guaranfood Manufacturing, Q-Phil Products International, RFM Corp., Sr. Pedro Lechon Manok, and Visayas Chamber of Mango Industry MPC.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
$20M in sales booked at ‘halal’ fair
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