CAR is among top grosser in national trade fair, earns P6.1M
Posted on | Monday 28 March 2011 | No Comments
by Art Tibaldo
BAGUIO CITY, March 28 - Trade exhibitors from the Cordillera Administrative Region emerged as the second top seller during the 2011 National Trade Fair held at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City for the period March 17-20 2011.
Department of Trade and Industry-CAR regional director Myrna P. Pablo reported that CAR entrepreneurs generated cash sales of P1.5 million and received booked orders amounting to P4.6 million.
Totaling P6.1 million pesos worth in booked orders and cash sales, exhibitors from Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, and Kalinga were able to sell their top-of-the-line products ranging from bamboo craft, furniture, processed food, gifts & house are as well as handwoven items; CAR with 12 participants is second to Region 7 which generated P6.5 million sales with 27 exhibitors.
Organized by the Center for International Exposition and Missions (CITEM) an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, the NTF is the most promising and prestigious market encounter where top buyers and exporters get to meet local producers.
Pablo likewise noted that CAR again topped the 2009 NTF as the top selling region with entrepreneur Romeo Balbin of Balbin’s Furniture in Bangued, Abra as the top regional exhibitor. (AT,DTI-CAR//PIA CAR)
BAGUIO CITY, March 28 - Trade exhibitors from the Cordillera Administrative Region emerged as the second top seller during the 2011 National Trade Fair held at the SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City for the period March 17-20 2011.
Department of Trade and Industry-CAR regional director Myrna P. Pablo reported that CAR entrepreneurs generated cash sales of P1.5 million and received booked orders amounting to P4.6 million.
Totaling P6.1 million pesos worth in booked orders and cash sales, exhibitors from Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, and Kalinga were able to sell their top-of-the-line products ranging from bamboo craft, furniture, processed food, gifts & house are as well as handwoven items; CAR with 12 participants is second to Region 7 which generated P6.5 million sales with 27 exhibitors.
Organized by the Center for International Exposition and Missions (CITEM) an attached agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, the NTF is the most promising and prestigious market encounter where top buyers and exporters get to meet local producers.
Pablo likewise noted that CAR again topped the 2009 NTF as the top selling region with entrepreneur Romeo Balbin of Balbin’s Furniture in Bangued, Abra as the top regional exhibitor. (AT,DTI-CAR//PIA CAR)
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