Only the best from CAR at IMPAKABSAT 2012

COMMUNITY BILLBOARD

Art Tibaldo

After generating an all time record high of 65Million in cash and
booked sales during its last trade fair in Alabang, Muntinlupa City,
this year’s IMPAKABSAT trade fair featuring the best products from the
Cordilleras is expected to hit another mark and make the yuletide
season more progressive not only to sellers but buyers alike.

The IMPAKABSAT is an annual event spearheaded by the Department of
Trade and Industry to promote the Cordillera Region’s various crafts
and industrial products. The acronym IMPAKABSAT stands for the
reunited upland provinces namely; Ifugao, Mt. Province, Apayao,
Kalinga, Abra, Benguet and Baguio City completed with the Ilocano word
“kabsat” which is understood to mean sibling, brother or sister in
Northern Luzon. It can be recalled that these provinces were once
separated by virtue of the Separation Bill of 1966 and reunited in 1986 by then President Corazon C. Aquino.

This trade fair first came to be known in 1991 when the Cordillera
Administrative Region governing bodies and newly created line agencies
initiated a move to boost CAR’s trade capability and help the upland
entrepreneurs whose businesses were affected by the killer earthquake
of 1990.

Today, the IMPAKABSAT fair has created an identity and is now looked
up as the hallmark of manufacturing industry in the Cordillera.
Similar trade events such as this have indeed helped the country’s
SMEs in terms of raising quality standards and competitive stance.

The fair which will be held at the Carousel Court, Festival Mall on
Nov. 2 will showcase the products of over 80 exhibitors
from the Cordillera region such as silvercraft, ethnic novelty items,
houseware, furniture and furnishings, fresh and processed food,
hand-woven products, woodcraft, bamboo crafts, and collectible
antiques manufactured by the creative upland people.

For a region that takes pride in its unique culture and arts,
handcrafted woodworks, skillfully woven tapestries as well as souvenir
items, the CAR’s IMPAKABSAT will once again display its unique blend
of products in Muntinlupa City so don’t miss the chance to be among
the country’s creative and hardworking people and reward yourself with
a quality item from Northern Philippines.