PALO, Leyte -- Producers earn a total sale of P1,952,810 in four days of Gawang Otso Trade Fair exhibit at the Robinsons North Tacloban exceeding the P1.5M sales target.
Department of Trade and Industry - Region 8 in partnership with Robinsons Tacloban celebrated the Made in PH Week through a trade fair which was participated by 33 producers from Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar.
Among the exhibitors, four of which are ELCAC beneficiaries under the Wearables and Homestyle, and Food Sector.
The Guimbanga Farmers Association brought their Binato Banana Chips; the Cancaiyas Sewers Association participated with their weaved slippers, mats and sling bags; the Banuyo Agri-Farmers Association displayed their rattan and nito crafts; and Peejay’s Handicraft Manufacturing sold home decors made of drift wood and coconut shells.
The celebration was geared towards showcasing the very best of genuine Philippine-made products and services highlighting the ingenuity and talent of local manufacturers and entrepreneurs in Region 8.
There were a handful of new and improved products from the micro entrepreneurs such as driftwood decors, nito and rattan stylish box bags, pili polvoron and even a local version of the sukang pinakurat that orginated in Iligan City.
Gawang Otso Trade Fair commenced on August 19-22, 2021 and was open during mall hours. Robinsons North Tacloban is an active partner of DTI to uphold development of MSMEs in the region thru marketing.
The partnership paved way for free use of exhibit place which made it efficient for the Department and its assisted entrepreneurs who have expressed their desire to conduct a trade fair because it greatly helped them generate income and establish new business linkages from new buyers met in the fair.
In fact, the top sellers in the two sectors, Alboco Food Industry and Northern Samar Indigenous Handicraft and Coco Coir Processors Association (NSIHCCPA), earned P238,346 and P97,900, respectively.
The trade fair still proves effective in creating opportunity to market local products and generate greater sales for these micro entrepreneurs. (DTI-8)
