Corn Industry Trends & Status cum Marketing Strategy

1. CORN INDUSTRYCORN INDUSTRY
INVESTMENTINVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES CUMOPPORTUNITIES CUM
MARKET TRENDSMARKET TRENDS
Presented by:
ROCHELLE A. OTOC
Trade & Industry Development Analyst
Department of Trade & Industry

2. Corn Industry
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3. Corn Industry
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4. Corn Industry
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Philippine Corn Trade Year Imports by Year

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Philippine Corn Total Supply by Year

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Philippine Corn Total Distribution by Year

7. Philippine Corn Total Distribution by Year

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5-Year Comparative Production of Corn
Market Year Production Unit of Measure Growth Rate
2011 7130 (1000 MT) -1.94%
2012 7261 (1000 MT) 1.84%
2013 7532 (1000 MT) 3.73%
2014 7671 (1000 MT) 1.85%
2015 7500 (1000 MT) -2.23%
2016 8000 (1000 MT) 6.67%

10. Corn Industry at a Glance
• Corn is the second most important crop in the Philippines. About 14
million Filipinos prefer white corn as their main staple and yellow
corn accounts for about 50% of livestock mixed feeds.
• Some 600,000 farm households depend on corn as a major source
of livelihood, in addition to transport services, traders, processors
and agricultural input suppliers who directly benefit from corn
production, processing, marketing and distribution.
• Corn is also processed into high value products, such as
cornstarch, corn syrups, corn oil, gluten and snack foods.

11. Corn Industry at a Glance
PRODUCTS & BY-
PRODUCTS OF CORN

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Major Products
FEEDFEED

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Major Products
CORN STARCH

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Major Products
CORN OIL

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Major Products
ETHANOL

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Major Products
BIOPRODUCTS

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* Based on interview to some corn farmers
Current Market Structure
FARMER MIDDLE MAN BIG TRADER
MANUFACTUR
ER
RETAILER
INPUT
SUPPLIER

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Issues & Concerns
 PRODUCTION
 High Price on Production Inputs such as
Fertilizers, seeds etc
 Diseases (presence of pests and the like)
 MARKETING
 Low buying price
 No institutional buyers
FINANCING
 No capitalization
 High interest on Credit

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Issues & Concerns
 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Farmers are not organized/ clustered
 Farmers are not empowered

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What we can do…
 Organize
 Improve product quality
 Increase capitalization
 Negotiate/market products to direct buyers
 Organize / continue to conduct related activities such
as conference, fora, trainings & seminars

21. DTI INTERVENTION
• Institutional Development
• Organizational Strengthening cum Value Chain &
Industry Clustering
• Investment Promotion
• Develop & Support existing & would-be investors
• Conduct of BOS, Investment Conference
• MSME Development
• Support through conduct of skills trainings &
seminars
• Capability Building Seminar
• Product Development
• Product Clinic & Critiquing
• Product Labeling & Packaging

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