Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Just Ask - which agency in Philippine in Charge of coffee export ?

Hi Beatriz from Argentina, lo siento for the mistaken gender Muchas Gracias! for dropping by our site for your information  in Philippine the International Coffee Organization Certifying Agency (ICOCA) was established 27 years ago when the Philippine government became a party signatory in the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) as an exporting member country. they are in mainly in charge of  the 4 areas as follows :-
Coffee Exporter‘s Accreditation Procedure
Application Letter for Coffee Clearance Exemption
Application Letter for Coffee Exporter‘s Accreditation
Export Declaration Form with ICOCA Clearance
They was tasked primarily to oversee the implementation of coffee agreements between the Philippines and other countries and promote Philippine-grown coffee to the global market. In 2001, an additional mandate was given to the ICOCA by the Presidential Task Force on Coffee Rehabilitation - is to improve the quality of Philippine coffee and help revive coffee as a significant high value commodity. This Task Force eventually transformed to a private-sector led National Coffee Development Board, now known as the Philippine Coffee Board.

I'm glad that ICOCA is a one-stop-shop agency that provides support and service to the coffee industry while actively participating in the national effort to revive the coffee industry. Sometime in Philippine if you not careful which agency to work with, it can be a wild goose chase not to mention waste of  financial and time because everybody will try to say that they have connection from the top to get thing done for a sum of fees and what you get is "close but no cigar".  

International Coffee Agreement: rest in peace. (economic forces have eroded power of agreement in industry, particularly in Central and South America):

 An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade JournalColombians fear resurrection of ICA quota system. (International Coffee Agreement): An article from: Tea & 

Coffee Trade JournalBrazil seems unlikely to join ICA. (International Coffee Agreement): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade JournalInternational Coffee Agreement: 

A Study in Coffee Diplomacy (Praeger special studies in international economics and development)

Zimbabwe benefits from quota suspension. (coffee industry benefits from International Coffee Agreement's 1989 suspension of export quotas): An article from: Tea & Coffee Trade JournalThe World Coffee Market and the International Coffee Agreement (Wageningen Economic Studies, No 9/Pdc400)