Philippine E-Journals

Effectiveness of Intercommerce Software Application of Phytosanitary Import Clearance as Perceived by Selected Agricultural Importers in Metro Manila

Ma. Juliet V. Caraecle | Lydel Grace B. Lescano | Jester Anthony C. Casiano | Carl Jay B. Malapitan

 

Abstract:

The study seeks to evaluate the implication of intercommerce software application as perceived by selected agricultural importers. The assessment of the respondents on effectiveness of aforesaid software application discussed as a particular objective of this study. The study employed 11 trading companies and 2 participants each from 11 various companies. The respondent must be the importer or the representatives of the importer namely: McJayson International trading, Mawoosan trading corporation, Sokorphil International Trading Corporation, KLG International Inc., Juexin International Trading,Liberty export import corp., GDG import export Corp, and Link Import export enterprises Incorporated. The study also presents the tabulated data to answer the statement of the problem. Its analysis and Interpretation as well frequency and percent of the respondents in terms of age. It shows that 12 or (54.5 %) of the importers are between 25- 34 years old 4 or (18.2%) are ages between 18-24 years old same with the result of 34-22 years old 4 or (18.2%) and lastly the result of 45 to 54 years old 2 or (9.1%) in terms of gender, there are equal number of female (11 or 50%) and male (11 or 50%) importers. In terms of Educational attainment presume that the respondents of the study majority of the importer were college graduate which is 17 or 77.30% or 13.6% for vocational and lastly 2 or 9.10% for the high school Graduate. It also indicate that more than half of the importer 12 or 54. 5% had been working in the company for 5years and below. It illustrate the maturity of the respondents particularly in terms of experience. The trading companies reveal that generally, the effectiveness of intercommerce software application of phytosanitary import clearance felt the effectivity of the aforesaid application and when grouped according to their respective profiles there is no significant difference.