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                    [Title] => Nissan, Honda get Palace OK on AICO scheme
                    [Summary] => Malacañang has given the go-signal for the AICO arrangements of Nissan Motors Philippines Inc. (NMPI) and Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI).


AICO, or the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation scheme, grants preferential tariff rates to participating private firms before the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme took effect this year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219071 [Title] => Revised MVDP may be implemented this year — Roxas [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday the government may be able to finally implement by the end of this year the recently revised Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP) with the signing of Republic Act No. 9224.

"We expect to put everything in place by yearend. We are ahead of schedule in the implementation of the program," Roxas said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215204 [Title] => New AICO protocol being drawn up [Summary] => A new protocol covering revisions to the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme is being drawn up to allow the extension of the preferential scheme.

According to Board of Investments assistant executive director Elmer Hernandez, a new protocol is needed to replace the original basic AICO scheme which set the referential rates at zero to five percent.

The proposed revisions, Hernandez said, offer a different approach to the AICO scheme.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214183 [Title] => Ford rolls out 10,000th export vehicle [Summary] => Ford Motor Co. Philippines (FMCP), the country’s only exporter of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles to other countries in the ASEAN region, celebrated yesterday the rollout of the company’s 10,000th vehicle for export to Indonesia and Thailand.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274753 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201840 [Title] => Parts makers support car assemblers in excise tax issue [Summary] => Automotive parts manufacturers are likely to support automotive assemblers in their stand on the excise tax issue.

Randy Yulo, officer-in-charge of the Association of Consolidated Automotive Parts Producers of the Philippines (ACAPPP), said auto parts manufacturers do not have as yet a solid position on the excise tax issue.

However, Yulo acknowledged that "the viability of the auto parts industry is anchored on assemblers." He admitted further that "we are dependent on the auto assemblers because they give us the business."
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199241 [Title] => Car firms buck lower tariff on CBU vehicles [Summary] => Local automotive manufacturers are against lowering the tariffs on completely built-up (CBU) vehicles.

According to incoming Isuzu Philippines executive vice president Kazuhiko Sho, the Philippine government should discourage CBU imports and instead continue encouraging the local assembly of vehicles using semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits.

Sho pointed out that all of the major Japanese automotive manufacturers have invested in their local manufacturing operations in the country and have already built up a network along with local automotive parts makers and suppliers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176537 [Title] => Government bares new auto tax rates [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released yesterday details of the newly-revised and Malacañang-approved Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP). [DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175457 [Title] => Ford eyes $57-M from export of 2 models [Summary] => Ford Motor Co. Philippines expects to generate foreign exchange earnings of around $57 million this year from the export of Escape and Lynx models to other countries in Asia.

This was disclosed yesterday by Ford Philippines President Henry Co during the formal launching of Escape which is intended for domestic sale and export to Thailand and Indonesia.

Co said Ford invested an additional P700 million to support the export production of the Escape and Lynx models.

Ford Philippines is eyeing shipments of 6,000 vehicles to Thailand and Indonesia this year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174367 [Title] => Asean members start talks on AICO extension [Summary] => Senior economic officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have begun formal talks to bring down to zero the tariff rate for importations under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme.

ASEAN member-nations have agreed to maintain the AICO arrangement even with the effectivity of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement or AFTA.

The AICO is an industrial cooperation program to promote the sharing of activities between ASEAN-based companies.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170359 [Title] => RP to be Honda’s transmission hub for global plants [Summary] => Japanese auto giant Honda Motor Co. will build an auto transmission plant in the country, making the Philippines its transmission hub for its global network of factories in North America, Europe and Asia.

This was announced yesterday by Honda Motor Co. senior managing director Katsuro Suzuki during the ground breaking ceremony of the P1-billion project that should begin operations at the Laguna Technopark in October 2003.

The Laguna factory is expected to produce 140,000 units a year and generate over 200 new jobs for highly skilled Filipino workers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 227112
                    [Title] => Nissan, Honda get Palace OK on AICO scheme
                    [Summary] => Malacañang has given the go-signal for the AICO arrangements of Nissan Motors Philippines Inc. (NMPI) and Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI).


AICO, or the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation scheme, grants preferential tariff rates to participating private firms before the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme took effect this year.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219071 [Title] => Revised MVDP may be implemented this year — Roxas [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday the government may be able to finally implement by the end of this year the recently revised Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP) with the signing of Republic Act No. 9224.

"We expect to put everything in place by yearend. We are ahead of schedule in the implementation of the program," Roxas said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215204 [Title] => New AICO protocol being drawn up [Summary] => A new protocol covering revisions to the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme is being drawn up to allow the extension of the preferential scheme.

According to Board of Investments assistant executive director Elmer Hernandez, a new protocol is needed to replace the original basic AICO scheme which set the referential rates at zero to five percent.

The proposed revisions, Hernandez said, offer a different approach to the AICO scheme.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214183 [Title] => Ford rolls out 10,000th export vehicle [Summary] => Ford Motor Co. Philippines (FMCP), the country’s only exporter of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles to other countries in the ASEAN region, celebrated yesterday the rollout of the company’s 10,000th vehicle for export to Indonesia and Thailand.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274753 [AuthorName] => Dong Magsajo [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201840 [Title] => Parts makers support car assemblers in excise tax issue [Summary] => Automotive parts manufacturers are likely to support automotive assemblers in their stand on the excise tax issue.

Randy Yulo, officer-in-charge of the Association of Consolidated Automotive Parts Producers of the Philippines (ACAPPP), said auto parts manufacturers do not have as yet a solid position on the excise tax issue.

However, Yulo acknowledged that "the viability of the auto parts industry is anchored on assemblers." He admitted further that "we are dependent on the auto assemblers because they give us the business."
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199241 [Title] => Car firms buck lower tariff on CBU vehicles [Summary] => Local automotive manufacturers are against lowering the tariffs on completely built-up (CBU) vehicles.

According to incoming Isuzu Philippines executive vice president Kazuhiko Sho, the Philippine government should discourage CBU imports and instead continue encouraging the local assembly of vehicles using semi-knocked-down (SKD) kits.

Sho pointed out that all of the major Japanese automotive manufacturers have invested in their local manufacturing operations in the country and have already built up a network along with local automotive parts makers and suppliers.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 176537 [Title] => Government bares new auto tax rates [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released yesterday details of the newly-revised and Malacañang-approved Motor Vehicle Development Program (MVDP). [DatePublished] => 2002-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 175457 [Title] => Ford eyes $57-M from export of 2 models [Summary] => Ford Motor Co. Philippines expects to generate foreign exchange earnings of around $57 million this year from the export of Escape and Lynx models to other countries in Asia.

This was disclosed yesterday by Ford Philippines President Henry Co during the formal launching of Escape which is intended for domestic sale and export to Thailand and Indonesia.

Co said Ford invested an additional P700 million to support the export production of the Escape and Lynx models.

Ford Philippines is eyeing shipments of 6,000 vehicles to Thailand and Indonesia this year.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174367 [Title] => Asean members start talks on AICO extension [Summary] => Senior economic officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have begun formal talks to bring down to zero the tariff rate for importations under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme.

ASEAN member-nations have agreed to maintain the AICO arrangement even with the effectivity of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement or AFTA.

The AICO is an industrial cooperation program to promote the sharing of activities between ASEAN-based companies.
[DatePublished] => 2002-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 170359 [Title] => RP to be Honda’s transmission hub for global plants [Summary] => Japanese auto giant Honda Motor Co. will build an auto transmission plant in the country, making the Philippines its transmission hub for its global network of factories in North America, Europe and Asia.

This was announced yesterday by Honda Motor Co. senior managing director Katsuro Suzuki during the ground breaking ceremony of the P1-billion project that should begin operations at the Laguna Technopark in October 2003.

The Laguna factory is expected to produce 140,000 units a year and generate over 200 new jobs for highly skilled Filipino workers.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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