Why choose LOCAL?

According to DTI, SMEs

make up 99.6% of all

registered businesses in

the Philippines--yet they

account for only 35% of

country's GDP

Local Products for Economic Sustainability and Development

4.9 M
Jobs were generated by
Buying local products would
increase the growth of small
businesses in the Philippines
MSMEs versus 2.9 million and can decrease
by large corporations unemployment rate due to job
according to DTI 2017 creation.
report.

Buying local products helps

to utilize the local resources

efficiently by converting it into

profit that could benefit not only

local businesses but also the

LOCAL VS IMPORTED community.

P8,000
Filipinos have crab mentality which

makes them patronize imported goods

than local goods. If this would

continue, local goods would lose in the a month is the

market and will have negative impact average income that
on GDP of the country. farmers receive which
is below the poverty
line based on the
YOU KNOW WHOM YOU BUY latest Family Income
SUrvey
Filipinos would easily give their inquiries or
The money you pay for local
feedbacks about the products since they
products will benefit farmers and
know the sellers and improves customer
suppliers' family to sustain their
relationship.
daily living and helps them to

produce more resources that

could also benefit you.

Growth of Local Farmers

and Suppliers

1200KM According to Suzuki (2016), Fewer

TRAVEL OF FOOD transportation emissions, processing

and refrigeration will be generated

TO YOUR PLATE when food is grown locally than

importing it.

If you buy local products, you

contribute in lessening the

carbon footprint in the

Philippines

TWICE
THE
PROFIT
New Economics Foundation

researcher David Boyle stated

COMMUNITY
that when people buy locally
DEVELOPMENT
produced goods, twice of the If you buy local products , you help in job

money will stay in the community creation, improvement of infrastructures

and investing in your community socially

keeping its economy alive.
and economically.

LOCALS, CHOOSE LOCAL!