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Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Sweden opens market to Cebu exporters
Following the success of the “Doing Business with the European Union” with CBI of Netherlands, the Confederation of Philippine Exporters Foundation (Cebu) Inc. (Philexport-Cebu) wants to further expand Cebu’s market in Europe with another initiative.
Philexport-Cebu is organizing a seminar dubbed “Sweden as a Market for Filipino Exporters.”
The one-day seminar will be on Oct. 17 at City Sports Club Cebu and it aims to inform local exporters of the current trends in the Swedish market.
Business customs and protocol are some of the issues that will also be taken up.
The seminar is jointly organized by the Embassy of Sweden, in association with Open Trade Gate Sweden, the Swedish Import Council and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Benefit
Food traders and design-based exporters, specifically in furniture, gifts, toys and housewares, will benefit from the presentations by two of Sweden’s biggest importers.
In 2003, Asia contributed 9.8 percent to Sweden’s imports.
The Philippines exported $18,270,04 worth of goods to Sweden, where 53.0 3 percent came from machinery, electronics, chemicals and other industrial products.
Consumer products, like garments, housewares, furniture and other decorative items contributed 24.98 percent of the goods exported to Sweden.
Sweden, as part of the European Union, is particular with social accountability standards in its entire trading operations, according to a press release from the Philippine Information Agency 7.
Social accountability provides definitions and parameters to ensure conformance to universal rights concerning labor standards, and an assurance of good practice to consumers, buyers and other companies.
Open Trade Gate Sweden is an initiative formed by the Swedish Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Swedish Ministry of Development Cooperation to help developing countries streng-then their capacity to export and trade.
Representatives
It is a part of the National Board of Trade, which is Sweden’s governmental authority for foreign trade and trade policy.
Representatives from Sweden include Christina Af Klint, Swedish trade advisor, Marie Adersson de Frutos, director of Open Trade Gate Sweden, Arne Rosen, former purchasing director of ICA Retailers Association and Lina Nertby and Marianne Dott of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Industry. (CYR)
(September 27, 2005 issue)
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