Invitation:1st Regional Supplementary Course Program on Agriculture, Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary(SPS) and Technical Barriers(TBT) and, Customs Valuation, Rules of Origin,and Export/Import Schemes

An Invitation to the 1st REGIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE PROGRAMME on Agriculture, Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and, Customs Valuation, Rules of Origin, and Export/Import Schemes

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The Philippine Learning Centre for Trade and Investment Policy (PLACE), a British-funded project, is the first private sector-led learning institution in Southeast Asia, under the Institutionalization of Multi-Stakeholders (I-MUST PLUS) Project of the Universal Access to Competitiveness & Trade (UACT), the think-tank of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry, will hold its 1st Regional Supplementary Course on November 19-20, 2009 at the East Asia Royale Hotel at 8:00am – 5:00pm, with the following curriculum;

1.) Agriculture

· Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS)

· Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

2.) Tariff Nomenclature

· Export & Import Scheme

· Rules of Origin (ROO)

The course will include key issues on agricultural trade – why it is controversial both in the multilateral and regional/bilateral trade arena. It also covers measures commonly applied on agricultural products, i.e. SPS and TBT, as well as environmental agreements sanctioned by the WHO.

Tariff Nomenclature and Export/Import Scheme will also be discussed by experts from the Asian Institute of Management, Makati City .


There will be a registration fee of P 3,000.00 to defray the cost of participation for the two-day forum. All registration forms must be submitted to the PCCI-Mindanao Secretariat by 4:00 pm of Monday, November 16, 2009.



For details, please contact the secretariat:

Ms. Me’Anne Lunasco

I-MUST Coordinator / Executive Director

PCCI-Mindanao

ann_lunasco@yahoo.com

0917-351-6207

0923-935-5778



Ms. Christine Flores
Staff
PCCI-Mindanao


Or email to pcci.mindanao@yahoo.com.ph

Fax to: (083) 554-1711