Abstract
This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role
of the Philippines in the global automotive industry and identify opportunities for
upgrading. The country’s strength in the sector is in electrical and electronic automotive
components, with approximately two-thirds of its US$3.98 billion exports in 2014 falling
in one of these categories. The Philippines has a particularly strong foothold in
wire harnesses, exports of which increased by 129% from 2007 to 2014 to allow it to
become the world’s fourth largest global exporter. The prominence of the cluster affords
the country a number of upgrading opportunities moving forward. Otherwise, the relatively
small size of the domestic market has constrained the development of the industry,
with local companies unable to generate the economies of scale necessary to compete
in an increasingly consolidated global environment.
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