The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) has pitched its ecozone in Casiguran as Indonesia’s gateway to East Asia and the U.S. West Coast, aiming to strengthen economic ties between the two largest archipelagic nations in Southeast Asia.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), is accelerating the rollout of next-generation economic zones to drive countryside development, generate jobs, and enhance the Philippines’ competitiveness.