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INTERESADO ang Swedish companies na magnegosyo at mag-invest pa sa Filipinas, partikular sa iba’t ibang proyektong pang-imprastruktura, sa gitna ng sumisiglang ekonomiya ng bansa.

Ayon kay Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Harald Fries, maraming Swedish firms ang nakikibahagi na sa engineering, waste management, urban transportation, at bus system sa bansa.

“It’s not that Swedish business is just focusing in one sector in the Philippines, we are (also) looking at infrastructure with the ‘Build, Build, Build’ program and that’s very interesting for Swedish companies,” wika niya sa panayam ng Philippine News Agency noong Huwebes ng gabi sa sidelines ng selebrasyon ng National Day of Sweden.

Sinabi ni Fries na ilan sa mga kompanyang ito ay kinabibilangan ng Volvo Group, na may kinalaman sa urban transportation, ABB sa energy, at Saab sa port at airport management at surveillance.

“There are smaller companies that are trying their luck here,” aniya pa.

Bukod sa mga proyektong pang-imprastruktura, sinabi ni Fries na mayroon ding small and medium-sized Swedish companies na interesado sa information technology (IT), business process outsourcing (BPO), at software engineering at software development areas.

“Today, we have the big multinational companies even more than them, but we also have quite a few small- and medium-sized Swedish companies doing business here, which shows also that companies with less resources, less capacity, they have confidence in this market so they are to establish and try to expand here so we have the whole range of Swedish companies,” anang ambassador.

Binigyang-diin din niya ang pangangailangan na palawakin ang kalakalan sa pagitan ng Fi­lipinas at ng Sweden.

“It has increased actually by 65 percent in just two years since we re-opened the Embassy (here). It’s still in my view at too low level so there is still a great potential to increase,” aniya.

Dagdag pa ni Fries, ang Philippine exports sa Sweden ay tumaas sa nakalipas na mga taon, partikular ang vegetable oils.

“I think coconut oil is probably part of that. Also electronics and I see a great potential in food, fruits,” he added. “Another export is BPO, there are companies here having clients in Sweden that outsource services here…”    PNA