MANILA -- Philippine customs snarls causing import delays that can last a year are giving retailers headaches, even as the government hopes to attract more foreign companies by amending laws protecting domestic industries.
A retail industry executive used a smartphone app to display on a map the berthing status of a number of ships waiting around Manila Bay recently.
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