The Philippine Consulate General
and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in New York
cordially invite
all members of the Filipino-American Community
in Northeast U.S.A.
to a
PUBLIC FORUM ON THE
SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES ACT
(A Campaign to Help the Philippine Apparel Manufacturing Industry
and Create Jobs in the Philippines)
Guest Speaker:
MS. TERESITA JOCSON-AGONCILLO
Executive Director
Confederation of Garment Exporters of the Philippines
26 August 2010, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center
556 Fifth Avenue, New Yor, NY 10036
(between 45th and 46th Streets)
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES ACT: A SNAPSHOT
Benefits for the Philippines. Garment exports to the U.S. are estimated to reach over US$ 2 billion from US$1.4 billion in 2008. An estimated 200,000 additional jobs will be created in the Philippine garment-manufacturing and apparel sector. (Employment in the sector decreased from 600,000 jobs in 2003 to about 180,000 jobs in 2009.)
Benefits for the U.S. SAVE Act will help revive the U.S. textile industry by creating an estimated new demand amounting to $200-300 million in U.S. textile exports to the Philippines within the first 2-3 years. U.S. textile exports to the Philippines are estimated to grow from US$20 million in 2008 to US$550 million when the program is fully implemented.
WHAT THE FILIPINO-AMERICANS CAN DO
For more information about SAVE Act, please visit www.saveourindustriesact.org or contact Trade Representative Eugenio Elevado, Jr. at (212) 575-7925 and pticny@verizon.net or Consul Zaldy Patron at (212) 764-1330 ext. 602 and newyork@pcgny.net.
PRO-FORMA LETTER
Association's Letterhead
(only if applicable)
_________ (Date)
The Honorable
_________________ (Name of Congressman or Senator)
Representative/Senator
____________________ (Name of District and State)
____________________
____________________ (Field Office Mailing Address)
Dear ______________________,
The ___________________________ (name of organization, if applicable) has the honor to seek your support for the Save Our Industries Act (Note: mention HR 3039 if writing to a Congressman or SB 3170 if writing to a Senator), otherwise known as the SAVE Act.
We believe that the SAVE Act is an innovative and mutually beneficial program that would increase trade in textiles and apparel between the Philippines and the United States, help revive our complementary industries, and create jobs for Filipino and American workers during these challenging economic times.
If enacted into law, SAVE Act will allow the Philippine apparel-manufacturing industry to import textiles made in the U.S. and ship the finished garments made from these U.S. textiles duty-free to the U.S.
SAVE Act will benefit the U.S. textile industry and its workers because it will help revive the U.S. textile industry by creating an estimated new demand amounting to $200-300 million in U.S. textile exports to the Philippines within the first 2-3 years. U.S. textile exports to the Philippines are estimated to grow from US$20 million in 2008 to US$550 million when the program is fully implemented.
SAVE Act is designed not to interfere with the already established supply chains the U.S. has with its partners in the Western Hemisphere. What it will do is to create an additional market for U.S. apparel fabrics in the Philippines and Asia. It will not have negative impacts on the garment sector of Latin America.
We would appreciate very much if you could co-sponsor the SAVE Act and help ensure its passage in the U.S. Congress.
Thank you. Mabuhay!
Sincerely yours,
________________
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