Trade promotion services and experts in the Philippines
Our services
The services of our missions abroad are available to your company. We provide up-to-date market information, facilitate establishing contacts and help in market access issues.
The services provided by the missions are part of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ business services. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a member of Team Finland, a network of public sector actors providing internationalisation services to Finnish companies.
The Philippines is a market with a lot of potential for Finnish business and know-how, including now when the world is starting to recover from the pandemic. There are market opportunities to be explored, for example, in smart infrastructure development, digitalization and ICT, circular economy, fight against climate change, healthcare, and education.
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Team Finland in the Philippines is happy to assist Finnish business in facilitating access to Philippine authorities, solving trade policy problems together with the local EU Delegation and providing relevant market information.
Market information
Read more about the free Team Finland Market Opportunities online service, which provides information on sales leads, business opportunities and future trends, along with country reviews. New content is added to the service almost daily. Companies need to sign in with a business ID to use the service.
Our experts
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Other Team Finland actors in the Philippines
Business and export promotion
Embassy of Finland in the Philippines is a member of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines.
Finland is also a member of the European Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines.
Financing export
For companies that are preparing themselves for heading abroad, there are many financing alternatives from Business Finland.
The Philippines is considered a developing country by the OECD, and some financing alternatives suitable for this kind of markets are listed below.
Finnpartnership’s business partnership support and matchmaking services
Finnpartnership is a business partnership programme financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and managed by Finnfund. Finnpartnership aims to generate positive development impacts by promoting business between Finland and developing countries.
Finnish companies or other operators are eligible to apply for business partnership support. It may be granted for starting business activities that aim to establish long-term, commercial cooperation that is profitable. It is intended for the research and training phases of this type of a project.
Whether it is regarding a customer relationship, partnership, project, joint venture or even importing, the matchmaking search is the quickest and easiest way to identify potential business partnerships in developing countries. Over a number of years, Finnpartnership has collected business partnership initiatives from developing countries for Finnish companies to use. The free matchmaking service is a path to these initiatives and contacts.
Furthermore, Finnfund is a Finnish development financier worth getting to know. Finnvera provides financing for the start, growth and internationalization of enterprises, and guarantees against risks arising from exports.
Finnish honorary consulates
Honorary consulates complement Finland’s network of missions abroad, which consists of embassies, consulates general, consulates and liaison offices. Honorary consuls are private individuals who carry out consular functions on a part-time basis without remuneration. An honorary consul can advise Finnish companies on how to get information on local business culture and find business partners, among other matters.
