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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DATA
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Investor's
Guide to the Philippines
Please
click the attachment below to read the Implementing Guidelines of the Philippine
Investment Priorities Plan and Anti- Money Laundering Law.
An act amending Republic Act No. 9160, otherwise known as the "Anti-Money
Laundering Act of 2001" (download, R.A.
9194)
Implementing
Rules and Regulations of R.A. 9194 (download,
IRR
- R.A. 9194)
The
Anti-Money Laundering Law (AMLA, R.A. 9160) (download,
765 KB)
The
Special Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002 (SPAV) (download,
1.8 MB)
The
Special Purpose Vehicle Act of 2002 (SPAV)- Implementing Rules and Regulations (download,
65 KB)
Export Development Act of 1994
R.A. 7844 (download,
28.8 KB)
Electronic Commerce Act of 2000
R.A. 8792 (download,
484 KB)
Retail Trade Liberalization Act
R.A. 8762 (download,
15.7 KB)
Motor Vehicle Development Program
E.O. 156 (download,
201 KB)
The Omnibus Investment Code of
1987 E.O. 226 (download,
343 KB)
Executive
Order No. 139:
Promulgating the Fifth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List (download,
805 KB)
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Board of Investment One-Stop
Action Center
The Board of Investment's (BOI)
frontline unit, the One-Stop Action Center (OSAC) assists investors do
business in the Philippines under one roof. It houses representatives from
different government agencies who answer investors' inquiries and the
process of investors' business registration.
These representatives come from the Bureau of Immigration (BI), Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or the Central Bank of the Philippines,
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), and the Philippine Industrial Estate Association (PHILEA).
OSAC offers the following service:
- Conducts business
counseling
- Monitors the status
of investors' registration applications
- Informs investors of
the action taken on their application within the shortest possible
time
Business counseling covers the
following:
- Licenses to
multinational companies operating Regional Headquarters in the
Philippines
- Alien Employment
Permits
- Endorsement of
conversion of tourist visas to special non-immigrant visas, working
visas and Special Investment Resident Visa (SIRV)
- Employment of foreign
nationals in BOI-registered firms
- Travel tax exemptions
for personnel of BOI-registered regional headquarters of multinational
companies
- Tax and duty-free
importation of household goods, personal effects, training and
conference materials
- Seminars,
consultations and counseling on investment-related subjects
BOI-OSAC Contact Details:
Maria Teresita S. Santiago
Director
One-Stop-Action Center
Board of Investments
Industry & Investments Building
385 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. No.: (0632) 895-3979
Fax No.: (0632) 895-8322
E-mail: MTSSantiago@boi.gov.ph
Export Assistance Network
The Bureau of Export and Trade
Promotion's (BETP) Export Assistance Network (EXPONET) helps exporters and
prospective exporters access information and resolve specific problems
related to exporting.
Its network consists of over 128 agencies within and outside DTI,
including the Bureau of Customs (BoC), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
or the Central Bank of the Philippines, and other export-related agencies
including those represented at the One-Stop Export Documentation Center.
Advisers are stationed in all DTI regional and provincial offices.
EXPONET provides information on:
- Export seminar
schedules
- Export organizing
- Export procedures and
documentation
- Import facilities for
exporters
- Buyer linkages
- Export financing and
incentives
- Product raw material
sourcing
- Statistical
information
The agency also assists
exporters in export-related problems / trade complaints.
Contact Details:
Sonia L. Rodriguez
Division Chief
Export Trade Facilitation Division
Bureau of Export Trade Promotion
5F New Solid Building
357 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave.
Makati City
Directline: (632) 890-46-40
Fax: (632) 890-47-07
Email: betpetfd@dti.gov.ph
IT Help Desk
The IT
Help Desk assists the public and responds to queries on:
- Doing business in the
Philippines especially IT investment opportunities
- E-Commerce Act of the
Philippines
- Provides facility for
Library research
IT discussion
Showcase for IT products
Contact Details:
Dita Maralit
Director
IT Help Desk, Office of Special Concerns
5F Trade and Industry Building
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave., Makati City
Tel. No.: 890-51-23/897-17-13
Fax No.: 890-48-16
Email: DitaMaralit@dti.gov.ph,
Osc@dti.gov.ph |
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