Buy Pinoy Exporters Fair was started as a project by the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PHILEXPORT) headed by late Trustee for Holiday Décor and Premium sector Atty. Virgilio “Babes” Sanchez in cooperation with Christmas Décor Producers & Exporters Association of the Philippines and Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) in 2002.This is being held twice a year at SM Megamall, Megatrade Halls, Mandaluyong City. The project was attended by 1,724 companies and generated total sales of P93, 580,607.29 since 2002 up to 2008. There have been two International participations one in San Francisco and another in Hawaii. In 2006, the project was turned over to the Christmas Décor Producers and Exporters Association of the Philippines (CDPEAP).An overseeing Committee was formed composed of the Presidents of CDPEAP, Philippine Food Processors and Exporters Organization, Inc. (PHILFOODEX), Philippine Chamber of Handicraft Industries, Inc. (PCHI), and PHILEXPORT Trustee for Holiday Décor & Premium Sector, Ms. Nora H. Lao with Ms. Marlane C. Villa-Real as a Chairperson. By 2008, the project was formally institutionalized and registered as Buy Pinoy Movement Foundation, Inc.
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