Halal exports could hit $1.4B in 2018 – DTI

Halal exports could surge next year given the recent approval of rules governing the industry, a Trade official said on Monday.

“For this year our existing halal exports may hit $800 million. But after the government adopted the implementing rules and regulations which sets the direction of the Philippine halal sectors … [this may nearly] double to $1.4 billion by 2018,” Trade Assistant Secretary Abdulgani Macatoman told reporters.