HISTORY

DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

COST OF DOING BUSINESS

TAXES, LICENSES AND FEES

TAX  INCENTIVES

REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS LICENSE REGISTRATION

INVESTMENT PRIORITY/ DEVELOPMENT AREAS

TOURIST SPOTS

LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

   INVESTMENT PRIORITY/DEVELOPMENT AREAS

Manufacturing

• Food processing and beverage (to include but not limited to meat, fish, fruit and vegetable processing

• Light metal industry (such as but not limited to manufacturing of farm implements, machinery and equipment, parts and components for automotive industry)

• Electronics and appliance manufacturing (such as computers, softwares, etc.)

• Furnitures and fixtures

• Garments, textiles and wearables

• Ceramics and non-metallic mineral processing such as marble and perlite

• Organic chemicals

• Recycling of plastic and plastic products and other recyclable materials

• Gifts, toys and housewares

• Manufacture of construction and building components and accessories

• Leather and leather products

• Fine jewelry and fashion accessories

• Manufacture of pharmaceutical products (to include herbal medicine)

• Other manufacturing concerns which involve export of the final product

Agribusiness, Forestry and Fishing

• Livestock and poultry

• Feedmill and livestock

• Beef and dairy products

• Farm services and post harvest facilities

• Industrial tree plantation

• Cutflower and production of high value crops

• Deep-sea fishing and aqua-culture

• Processing of crops into intermediary and final products (coconut, abaca, sugar, corn, soya, coffee, etc.)

• Operation of nurseries and breeding farms and hatcheries

Trading Operations

• Establishment of malls and shopping centers

• Establishment of regional distribution and warehousing networks

• Export, trading and consolidation

Tourism-Related Projects

• Tourist accommodation facilities such as hotels, apartelles, pension houses, tourist inns, resorts, golf courses, theme parks, restaurant cum convention centers and tourist transport facilities

Infrastructure and Services

• Industrial estates and industrial communities

• Socialized housing projects

• Educational/training institutions

• Telecommunication facilities

• Power generation/distribution or water distribution

• Projects covered by BOT law (such as ports, rail system, etc.)

• TV stations to include Cable TV

• Cargo handling facilities

• Hospital and diagnostic centers

• Printing and publishing

• Retirement village