U.S. Embassy Showcases Strong US-PH Business TIES

Posted on April 15, 2014

The United States Embassy Manila, in partnership with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and the U.S. Potato Board, hosted an event showcasing food, wine, and beverages from the American Pacific Northwest region.

The event is one in a series designed by the Embassy’s Foreign Agricultural Service to promote theuse of quality U.S. Food and beverage products in the Philippines.

Agricultural Counselor Philip Shull underlined the importance of agricultural trade between both countries:

“U.S. food and beverage exports to the Philippines grew 15 percent in 2013, and reached the US$1 billion milestone.

The Philippines is the number one market in South East Asia and the tenth largest market in the world for U.S. food and beverage products.

$1 billion in food and beverage exports is roughly 25,000 container trucks stretching more than 300 kilometers.