Snacks and frozen goods popular in the local market are shown at the Taiwan Food Tour culinary expo held in Manila

The Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA, and Taiwan External Trade Development Council recently held the three-day "Taiwan Food Tour" culinary expo at Manila's SM City Fairview mall.

Snacks and frozen goods popular in the local market are shown at the Taiwan Food Tour culinary expo held in Manila.Photo reproduced from SM City Fairview Facebook

The Philippines is geographically close to Taiwan, has affordable transportation and fresh agricultural goods, according to the chairman of the board of directors of Pingtung County YA GOU Agricultural goods Cooperative (屏東縣雅緱農產品運銷合作社). Everyone can see Taiwan's agricultural technology, and Pingtung is the global leader in wax apple growing technology. Plus, it is unnecessary to worry there will be a lot of agricultural product overlap between the two nations. The Philippines is a significant market for Taiwan because of the large number of Filipino migrant workers that travel to work there.

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Snacks and frozen goods popular in the local market are shown at the Taiwan Food Tour culinary expo held in Manila.Photo reproduced from SM City Fairview Facebook

According to the general manager (王維君) of a firm selling frozen foods and pork products at the exhibition, Taiwan offers excellent pork products and was well-liked by locals when it participated exhibitions in the Philippines. She intends to utilize this event to promote Filipinos about Taiwanese cuisine and get an understanding of the regional market and consumer preferences.

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Snacks and frozen goods popular in the local market are shown at the Taiwan Food Tour culinary expo held in Manila.Photo reproduced from SM City Fairview Facebook