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II. PRODUCT USE/S

• Flavoring and ingredient for juices, ice cream, bakery products and confectionery products

• Ingredient in breakfast cereals and mixed with other fruits, vegetables and nuts as snack packs.

• Tea flavoring

• For salad preparations or served as desert mixed with other processed fruits, fresh fruits, vegetables, processed meat products, nuts, etc. or as paste and spreads.

• Pickled and quick frozen

• Pork, chicken and beef are smoked, cured, prepared in brine, dried, canned and processed into varied meat products such as pork/beef loaves, sausages, corned beefs, liver spreads, meat pastes, luncheon meats, hams, bacons etc.

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III. PRODUCTION CAPACITY
The estimated capacities given in Table 1 only include those that are granted incentives by the Board of Investments and exclude multinational companies such as Dole Philippines and Del Monte Philippines.

Estimated Rated Capacities of BOI- Registered Companies 

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A. Raw materials
Local

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables can be processed into dried/dehydrated, vacuum fried; juices, purees and concentrates, preserved fruits, are made into sauces or paste, pickled and quick frozen. The most common fruits that are processed are pineapples, mangoes, bananas, calamansi, tamarinds, passion fruits, papayas, oranges, guavas and soursops. Coconuts are generally processed into desiccated coconut, coconut chips, coconut water, coconut milk (liquid/powder) and copra meal, cake and pellets as animal feeds. Region lV and Xl which are our coconut producing regions, have the largest number of coconut processors. Vegetables that are commonly processed are potatoes, cassava, ube, cucumbers, green peas, mushrooms and tomatoes.

Livestock such as hog, cattle and chicken are processed into varied meat products.

Flour, rice and corn are processed into snack food, cereals, noodles and pasta products and as ingredient of sauces, dry soup mixtures, bakery products and confectionery products.

Cacao  and cocoa powder are used for bakery products (e.g. cookies, biscuits etc.) breakfast cocoa, confectioneries, ( e.g. candies and chocolate bars) and tonic drinks.

Coffee beans are processed into coffee and coffee mixtures.

Cattle milk is processed into milk, cottage cheese, cream, butter and margarine.

Other raw materials are sugar, salt, coconut oil, corn oil, fruit and fruit extracts and fresh milk from carabaos, cows and goats which are used as raw materials in cheese processing, confectionery, milk drinks and bakery products.

Imported

For dairy processing, dry skimmed milk, the prime raw material is imported from New Zealand, The Netherlands, Australia and the United States.

Butterfat also known as anhydrous milk-fat is imported from the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand.

B. Labor

In a 1995 study conducted by the National Statistics Office, it was reported that there are 2,598 food and beverage establishments, representing 25% of total manufacturing establishments. It was also estimated that the food and beverage manufacturing industry employs about 187,546 people.

Likewise, in another study conducted by Dr. Mario Capansana, Food Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology (DOST), there are 4,914 food processing companies in the Philippines.  29% (1,455) are located in the National Capital Region, 25%  (1,232) in Region IV (Southern Tagalog) and the remaining 46% are distributed in the remaining regions of the country. 

C. Packaging Materials

• glass

• bottles

• metal closures

• tin cans

• corrugated boxes

• tetra bricks

• flexible plastic (e.g. polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP)

• aluminum aseptic containers

• paper e.g. glassine, grease-proof, parchment

D. Appropriate Standards and Certification

The United Nations Joint FAO ? World Health Organization (WHO) Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was established in 1962 to guide and promote the establishment of definitions and requirements for food.

Codex has produced 250 commodity standards and more than 40 hygienic and technological codes of practice, evaluated more than 700 food additives and contaminants and developed more than 3,200 maximum residue limits for pesticide commodity combinations.

The Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS) Agreement) and the Agreement on Technical Barriers  to Trade (TBT Agreement) have accorded special status to the standards, guidelines and recommendations of Codex as reference points in determining food standards.

Likewise, due to the strict requirements on sanitation and hygiene and stiff competition in the foreign market (e.g. USA, Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, etc.) processed food exporters are advised to comply with the following:

• Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

• Total Quality Management (TQM)

• ISO Certification

The USA requires HACCP for fruit juices while the EU under the European Commission (com 2003, 52 final) dated February 5, 2003, proposed that by 2005, all exporters to the EU has to be accredited with the EU.  Thus, companies not accredited with the EU can no longer export to this market.

Companies who wish to apply for GMP/HACCP certification/accreditation, may inquire from the Food Development Center (FDC), or the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) for the necessary requirements.

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A. Exports by Product

PHILIPPINE EXPORTS OF PROCESSED FOOD
1999 to 2003
FOB Value in Thousand US Dollars

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO)

TOP 10 MARKETS OF PROCESSED FOOD
1999 to 2003
FOB Value in Thousand US Dollars

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VI. USEFUL ADDRESSES

Philippine Food Processors & Exporters Organization (PHILFOODEX)
Rm. 305, Bahay ng Alumni, Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Ave., U.P. Campus, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. No.: (63 2) 925 3519 / 436 3556/57
Fax no. (63 2) 527-5810 / 9253518 
E: mail address: pfdexsec@ph.inter.net
Contact Person: Mr. Jesus T. Tanchanco, Sr. - President

Integrated Manufacturers? Association of the Phils., for Productivity (INFOMAPP)
2/F, Santander Bldg., 20 Hemady St. cor. Aurora Blvd., Quezon City
Tel. No.: (63 2) 721-1653 / (63 2) 721-9518
Fax no.: (63 2) 721-1653   
E-mail:  pacificisles@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Ms. Marielou Florendo - President

Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers, Inc.
Rm. 1216 Cityland 10, Tower 2
H.V. dela Costa St., cor. Ayala Ave., Makati City
Tel. No.: (63 2) 892-4163
Fax no.: (63 2) 892-4163   
E-mail:  pcfmi@mozcom.com
Contact Person: Atty. Mabini L. Antonio - President