Exports of goods and services could grow by 6.5 to 7.5 percent this year, a Trade department official said on Friday, with revenues expected to hit $79.7 billion to as much as $80.4 billion.

“There is a recovery in global demand, which is already happening now. Actually the strength of the US dollar versus the peso is also a bonus,” Export Marketing Bureau chief Senen Perlada said.

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