Ma. Cristina V.

Balmeo

BSA 1-YA-1

Opening of the Port to World Trade

 It means that the goods from the Philippines could be shipped out to any of the countries
abroad.
 Any goods from other country could enter the Philippines directly. Before Spanish banned the
other foreigners from living in the provinces or having businesses in the Philippines. They did not
apply to Chinese settlers, but it covered other white men.
 It’s all started when the Royal Company of the Philippines, or in Spanish, the Real Compaña de
Filipinas. Governor-General Felix Berenguer de Marquina recommended that the King of Spain
open Manila to world commerce.
 Furthermore, the bankruptcy of the Real Compaña de Filipinas (Royal Company of the
Philippines) catapulted the Spanish king to open Manila to World Trade. In a Royal Decree
issued on December 6, 1834, the privileges of the company were revoked and the port of Manila
was open to trade.

September 6, 1834

 Philippines opened to World Trade by a royal decree, Su Majestad or Your Majesty the King
declared the Royal Company of the Philippines abolished and opened Manila’s port to world
trade. Because Manila was a great harbor (the shape of the bay protected trade boats from
rough waters) it became one of the best cities to trade with, Luring American, British and other
European and Asian merchants to its shores. As a result, Spain’s economic supremacy lost its
footing in the region.
 Modern methods of production and transportation, notably sugar mills and steamships, opened
the Philippines for economic development. British, French, Dutch and North American traders
 began to demand Philippine agricultural products including sugar, cigars and abaca (Manila
hemp). Sugar become the leading export crop.
 In 1834 Spain lifted restrictions on trade between foreign nations and the Philippines.

PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OPENING

THE PORT TO WORLD TRADE
King Charles III of Spain

The one who created the company, and his goal was to make trade to Spain from the Philippines more
efficient.

Governor-General Felix Berenguer de Marquina

He recommended the King of Spain to open Manila to world commerce.

Su Majestad or Your Majesty the King

He declared the Royal Company of the Philippines abolished and open Manila’s ports to world trade.

Governor-General Basco

He opened the Philippines to this trade.

Sebir (1787)

A Frenchman conducted profitable business in Manila

Tomas de Comyn (1798)

A Spanish writer, in his book published in Madrid (1820), mentioned an unnamed English merchant who
left the Philippines in 1798 after living in Manila for 20 years during which he became rich.

George W. Hubbell (1821)

An American businessman, and his younger brother Henry arrived in Manila, engage in business, and
founded the Hubbell Company.

THE IMPACT OF OPENING THE PORT

TO WORLD TRADE TO ALL FILIPINOS
20th CENTURY

When the world trade open to the Philippines, it has cause to the Spaniards to sell more product to
other countries. Since the materials came from the Philippines, they use other resources and do not
repay us as they sell more things we grow to have less resources. But the positive is that our economy
increases.
  The economy of the Philippines rose rapidly and its local industries developed to satisfy the
rising demands of an industrializing Europe.
 Manila and the Philippines garnered great economic growth around this time.
 Many shops opened in the Binondo and the rest of the Extramuros area (the areas outside of
Intamuros).
 The best part of this was that some were also owned by Filipino Businessmen who were
knowledgeable in finance and consumer retail. Manila itself expanded, more people came to
settle in the city and grew rich through profit from trade.
 In short, by 19th and 20th century, the opening of the port and the other parts of the Philippine to
foreign trade brought not only economic prosperity to the country but also remarkable
transformation in life of the Filipinos.
 As the people prospered, their standard of living improved.

References:

https://www.slideshare.net/DhiiAnne/opening-of-the-port-to-world-trade-114224981

https://pdfcoffee.com/opening-of-the-ports-to-world-trade--pdf-free.html