PEZA approves nearly P16-B investments in June

THE PHILIPPINE Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) approved nearly P16 billion worth of investments in June, mostly projects in export manufacturing and information technology-business process management (IT-BPM).

- Beatriz Marie D. Cruz

In a statement, PEZA said its board approved 22 new and expansion projects worth P15.85 billion in June, a 163.22% jump from the P6.02 billion approved during the same month last year.

Month on month, the value of June approvals inched up by 2.86% from the P15.41 billion approved in May.

The projects are expected to generate $401.05 million in export revenues and create 3,218 jobs, it said.

Broken down, the agency approved 12 projects in export-oriented manufacturing, five in IT-BPM, three in economic zone (ecozone) development, one in logistics, and one domestic market enterprise.

Eleven of the projects are located in the Calabarzon Region, three in Metro Manila, three in Western Visayas, three in the Davao Region, one in Central Luzon, and one in the Caraga Region.

The June approvals also included three big-ticket projects worth a combined P14.19 billion, which cover IT-BPM and ecozone development projects in Sto. Tomas and Alitagtag in Batangas, and Quezon City.

In the first half of the year, the PEZA Board approved 157 new and expansion projects worth P140.7 billion, up 94.42% from the P72.36-billion investments approved in the same period in 2025.