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  • DTI LAUDS QUEZON CITY’S ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRATION

    DTI LAUDS QUEZON CITY’S ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRATION

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for automated government frontline services through mobile applications and the use of electronic payment scheme to enhance the ease of doing business in the country. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, chair of Inter-agency Ease of Doing Business Task Force, said that the…
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  • DTI intensifies support for MSME exporters

    DTI intensifies support for MSME exporters

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) intensifies its programs that support micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in accessing export markets through its Regional Interactive Platform for the Philippine Exporters (RIPPLES) Plus Program. For full year 2017, RIPPLES Plus assisted a total of…
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  • DTI holds trade and investment forum in New York

    DTI holds trade and investment forum in New York

    New York, USA – The Department of Trade and Industry with its Trade and Investments Promotion Group led a business forum in New York focusing on topnotch healthcare information management services being offered by world-class Philippine companies. The 2018 Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) Business Forum was held at the…
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  • HIMS holds business forum, outreach in US

    HIMS holds business forum, outreach in US

    By May Niña Celynne P. Layug / DTI – Foreign Trade Service Corps 07 Marxh 2018 Published also in Business Mirror HOUSTON, Texas—The Philippines Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS) Trade and Investment Roadshow to the United States, with the theme “Unlocking Opportunities. Embracing Innovation,” held a business forum and outreach in…
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  • Ifex Philippines 2018 makes waves with exciting seafood edition

    Ifex Philippines 2018 makes waves with exciting seafood edition

    07 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror GLOBAL buyers are up for an exciting showcase of the Philippines’s premier seafood and other food segments in the International Food Exhibition (Ifex) Philippines, the country’s biggest export-oriented food show, from May 25 to 27 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.…
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  • DTI-EMB intensifies support to local MSMEs

    DTI-EMB intensifies support to local MSMEs

    By Myrtle Faye Solina / Food and Agri-Marine Division / DTI – Export Marketing Bureau 07 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror In Photo: Participants from different industries and regions in the Philippines and the training program coordinators join officials of the Hinrich Foundation of Germany, Leipzig University, and officials…
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  • Zero VAT for indirect exports status quo

    Zero VAT for indirect exports status quo

    by Mary Divine T. Derez / Policy Advocacy Officer / Export Development Council 07 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) clarified that the zero-percent value-added tax (VAT) for indirect exports is status quo until the conditions cited in the recently passed Republic Act 10963…
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  • DTI-EMB conducts info session on export tax-related matters

    DTI-EMB conducts info session on export tax-related matters

    By Patricia G. Blacer / Export Assistance and Business Matching Division / DTI – Export Marketing Bureau 07 March 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conducted an information session regarding Section 31 of the Tax Reform for Acceleration…
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  • Sec. Lopez lauds Senate approval of PH-EFTA Free Trade Agreement

    Sec. Lopez lauds Senate approval of PH-EFTA Free Trade Agreement

    From L to R: Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo, DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez, Senator Loren B. Legarda, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Manuel Antonio J. Teehankee, and DFA Assistant Secretary Leo M. Herrera-Lim Pasay City—Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez hailed the ratification of the…
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  • DTI, DPWH join forces to boost infrastructure development in CALABARZON

    DTI, DPWH join forces to boost infrastructure development in CALABARZON

    The Department of Trade and Industry Region and Department of Public Works and Highways Region in CALABARZON Region recently conducted a Regional Orientation for the Roads Leveraging Linkages of Industry and Trade (ROLL-IT) Program to facilitate efficient and coordinated efforts among the two Departments to identify, prioritize, and implement road…
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