Malapit na sa trillion-peso mark ang naitalang investment approval ng Board of Investment (BOI) ngayong 2018 matapos marehistro ang kabuuang P907.2 bilyong halaga ng proyekto ngayong taon.

Ayon sa BOI, umakyat sa 47.1 percent ang investment pledge kumpara sa P616.8 billion noong 2017. Nalampasan din ang P680 bilyon na target nga­yong taon.­

“This new historic mark breezing past last year’s record fi­gure not only reaffirms but further strengthens investor confidence under the Duterte administration. We were initially expecting to at least attain our target of PHP680 billion for the year, instead we were able to more than double the PHP442 billion investments level in 2016,” ayon kay Trade Secretary at BOI Chairman Ramon Lopez.

Karamihan, aniya, ng mga commitment ngayong taon ay mula sa manufacturing sector, kung saan ang mga proyekto dito ay nagkakahalaga ng P409.3 bilyon.

“This will result in industrial empowerment, particularly with the upstream, heavy industrial projects that will allow us to expand our capability to manufacture finished goods currently not produced in the country,” saad ni Lopez.

Nangungunang foreign investor ang China (P48.7B), British­ Virgin Islands (P15.6B), Singapore (P13.6B),Indonesia (P7.5B),Japan(P4.2B) at Malaysia (P2.9B). (PNA)