Cigarette smoking is prevalent in the Philippines. Home to the world’s twelfth-biggest population, the Philippines has the fifth-greatest percentage of cigarette smokers among the top 25 most heavily populated countries. The World Health Organization metrics below encompass smokers from both genders. Overall, the Eastern European nation Russia and Indonesia, another heavily … [Read more...]
Philippines Wood Exports by Buyer Country
During 2018, the Philippines shipped US$675 million worth of lumber and wood products to its international customers. That dollar amount represents a dramatic -78.2% decline from the $3.1 billion in global sales five years earlier in 2014. Year over year, the value of total wood exported from the Philippines dipped by -52.2% from the $1.4 billion in revenue generated during … [Read more...]
Philippines Pineapples Exports by Country
Given its US$192 million worth of international pineapples sales in 2018, the Philippines continued to be the world’s third-biggest exporter of pineapples trailing only Costa Rica ($1 billion) and the Netherlands ($245.3 million). From a worldwide perspective, the Philippines’ $192 million subtotal represents 9.2% of the global total of shipped pineapples from all supplying … [Read more...]
Japan’s Top 10 Imports from the Philippines
Japan’s top 10 imports from the Philippines in 2018 comprise US$5.8 billion in purchases, more than half (56%) of total Japanese purchases of Filipino goods for the year. Japan’s expenditures on the top 10 imported Filipino products accelerated by 22.2% since 2016 and gained 12.2% from 2017 to 2018. According to the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, Japan has a … [Read more...]
Top 10 Filipino Trade Products with Canada
Searching for the top money-making opportunities in the international trade of exports and imports between the Philippines and Canada? Look no farther. In this post we rank the 10 most lucrative products exchanged by the two countries in 2018. All told, the Philippines sold US$581.7 million worth of exported goods to Canadian importers during 2018. That amount represents an … [Read more...]