Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions(CITEM)

August 23, 2021 Dear Claudia, Thank you for your request dated Aug 19, 2021 02:25:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Philippine Sourcebook DB. We received your request on Aug 19, 2021 02:25:01 PM and will respond on or before Sep 09, 2021 02:25:01 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHwsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEkNJVEVNLTEwNDI2MTIzODMzNAw, for request with ticket number #CITEM-104261238334. Thank you. Respectfully, Jewel Udarbe FOI Officer

September 9, 2021 Dear Claudia Espinosa, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 19, 2021 02:25:01 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Philippine Sourcebook DB. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of the Philippine Sourcebook of the information you requested. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as found on CITEM's website, http://www.citem.com.ph/downloads/Philippines-Sourcebook-DB.xlsx. For your convenience, I have attached the said file. Also, please be informed that a more updated sourcebook (which is the PH Exporters' Directory) is found at the Philtrade website of EMB at http://tradelinephilippines.dti.gov.ph/web/tradeline-portal/ph-exporters-directory-interactive- Please download the same from the website of EMB. For more information about the PH Directory of Exporters, you may get in touch with Victorino S. Soriano, the Chief, Trade and Industry Development Specialist of Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of DTI at [email protected]. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Maria Lourdes Mediran, the Deputy Executive Director of CITEM at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Jewel Udarbe FOI Receiving Officer