lter Trade Corporation (ATC) is a private entity registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in May 6, 1988 to engage in both domestic and international trading. The company started with an operational capital of P50,000 loaned from its Japanese partners with a paid up capital of P12,500 out of the P200,000 authorized capital.

     A shared vision between Negros-Japan progressive individuals to venture into a sustainable economic activity expressing social responsibility as a joint effort between partners nurtured the idea of trade. A people to people trading came into being which defines ATC's existence.

     The goals of ATC are:

To create effective marketing services that satisfy increasing number of customers;

To deliver best and quality products;

To strengthen, control and optimize resources to ensure viability and productivity;

To strengthen and expand the organization to improve efficiency and performance, to be more professional and better able to serve the stakeholders;

To maximize the organization experiences and impact which makes it different from other organization's, and pioneer in alternative trade by providing and developing capacity of producers to increase their self-reliance and independence and of their organization and their community; and

To strengthen local and international strategic partners and solidarity networks supportive of and respond to trade issues and concerns affecting small marginalized producers.

     Two major products traded internationally by ATC are Balangon, a native variety of green banana, and Mascobado, a non-centrifugal sugar made from boiled sugarcane juice. Mascobado has established distribution channels in Japan, Germany and Switzerland while Balangon is traded mainly to Japanese consumer cooperatives numbering close to a million households at present. Alter Trade is also developing exports of mangoes, frozen pineapple and organic corn.