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By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz<\/strong>, Senior Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n INVESTMENT APPROVALS by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) slumped by 40% to P11.21 billion in July, it said on Friday.<\/p>\n In an announcement, PEZA said its approved 17 recent and expansion projects such as P11.21 billion, a 39.71% drop from the P18.6 billlion approved in the identical month last 12 months.<\/p>\n The projects are expected to generate $2.54 billion in exports, a 241.12% increase from the $744 million recorded last 12 months.<\/p>\n The approved investments are seen to generate 2,907 jobs, it said.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite the economic headwinds each locally and abroad, today\u2019s investments are increasingly moving back toward more export-intensive and higher-value operations,\u201d PEZA Director-General Tereso O. Panga said.<\/p>\n By industry, July approvals include six export manufacturing projects, 4 information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) enterprises, three domestic market enterprises, two ecozone development projects, and two facilities projects.<\/p>\n Eleven of the projects are in Region IV-A (CALABARZON), 4 within the National Capital Region, one in Region VII (Central Visayas), and one in Region XI (Davao Region).<\/p>\n The July approvals included 4 big-ticket projects value P8.82 billion, which accounted for nearly 79% of approved investments for the month. These include two manufacturing projects in Batangas, an export enterprise in Davao del Norte, and an ecozone project in Cavite.<\/p>\n The highest sources of investments in July were the Netherlands, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and the US, PEZA said.<\/p>\n In the primary seven months of the 12 months, PEZA approved 174 recent and expansion projects valued at P151.9 billion, up 66.99% from the P90.96-billion approved in the identical period in 2025.<\/p>\n Approvals within the seven-month period accounted for half or 50.3% of PEZA\u2019s P300-billion goal for 2026.<\/p>\n The investments are expected to generate $5.91 billion in exports, a big increase from the $2.003-billion export value recorded last 12 months. These projects are expected to generate 26,047 jobs, PEZA said.<\/p>\n About 76 of the approved projects were in manufacturing, 28 in IT-BPM, 26 in ecozone development, while the opposite projects were in industries like facilities (15), logistics (13), domestic market (10), tourism (4), and utilities (two).<\/p>\n By location, 141 projects can be in Luzon, 22 within the Visayas, and 11 in Mindanao.<\/p>\n The highest investment source for the period was the Netherlands, followed by South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, and Germany.<\/p>\n PEZA said it’s bullish on its investment prospects within the second half as firms seek to diversify their operations and boost supply chain resiliency amid geopolitical uncertainties.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" REUTERS By Beatriz Marie D. Cruz, Senior Reporter INVESTMENT APPROVALS by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) slumped by 40% to P11.21 billion in July, it said on Friday. In an announcement, PEZA said its approved 17 recent and expansion projects such as P11.21 billion, a 39.71% drop from the P18.6 billlion approved in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[28650,33,8452,26188,29797],"class_list":["post-371540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-approvals","tag-investment","tag-july","tag-peza","tag-plunge"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t