DTI Outbound Business Matching Mission to Doha, Qatar

During the seminar on “Basic Exporting and Doing Business in the Philippines” at the Philippine Embassy Doha, Qatar. (Doha PE photo)

DOHA 02 March 2020 — Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary for Trade Promotions Abdulgani M. Macatoman led an Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Doha from 21 to 24 February 2020 to promote more Philippine food products in Qatar.

The delegation, which included Commercial Attaché Charmaine Yalong and representatives from the Philippine private sector, conducted a seminar on “Basic Exporting and Doing Business in the Philippines” on 21 February 2020 at the Philippine Embassy in Doha, Qatar. The next day, they organized an in-store promotion and food sampling at the Lulu hypermarket, on D-Road and visited displays of different Philippine products inside the store. On 23 February 2020, there was a business to business meeting, which included matching sessions between Philippine and Qatari private sectors.   

Undersecretary Macatoman also expressed his plans to bring and showcase the Philippine furniture products in Qatar to take advantage of opportunities presented by the FIFA World Cup in 2022 and for strengthened trade relations with Qatar. END

 Department of Trade and Industry Undersecretary for Trade Promotions Abdulgani M. Macatoman (ninth from left) with Philippine Ambassador to Doha Alan L. Timbayan (seventh from right) during the business to business meeting at Radisson Blu Hotel. (Doha PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.dohape.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinQatar/.