Ukraine-Russia conflict has little direct impact on PH trade: BSP
MANILA - The Ukraine-Russia conflict is expected to have a limited direct impact on the Philippines' trade sector, a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) official said Friday. The Philippines' total exports to Russia in 2021 amounted to about USD120 million, or about 0.2 percent of its total exports, while the country's exports to Ukraine totaled USD5 million, BSP Department of Economic Research Managing Director Zeno Ronald Abenoja said in a virtual briefing aired over the central bank's Facebook page. Philippine imports to Russia in the same year comprised 0.6 percent of its tot...