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  • DTI-DPWH Road Projects to leverage industries in R12

    DTI-DPWH Road Projects to leverage industries in R12

    SOCCSKSARGEN – The team composing the DTI-DPWH Convergence for Roads Leveraging Linkages of Trade and Industry (ROLL IT) Program for Region XII conducted a Consultation Meeting with stakeholders to finalize the proposed road concreting projects at The Farm at Carpenter Hills Steakhouse in Koronadal City last Friday, February 23, 2018.…
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  • New collections of Go Lokal!  on Buyers’ Day

    New collections of Go Lokal! on Buyers’ Day

    28 February 2018 – Eight days to go before Go Lokal! launches its newest collections for the season at a Buyers’ Day on March 08, 2018. Go Lokal! is a retail concept store of Philippine products and a free innovative marketing tool developed by the Department of Trade and Industry…
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  • DTI achieves 99.38% resolution rate of consumer complaints in 2017

    DTI achieves 99.38% resolution rate of consumer complaints in 2017

    From January to December 2017, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through its Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB), received a total of 7,847 consumer complaints nationwide. Twenty-one percent or 1,670 of these were endorsed to other government agencies (16% or 1,249) and to other DTI offices/bureaus (5% or 421)…
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  • Trade Chief in attendance as Sen. Legarda delivers speech on proposed PH-EFTA FTA ratification

    Trade Chief in attendance as Sen. Legarda delivers speech on proposed PH-EFTA FTA ratification

    Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City – Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez visited the Senate on 26 February 2018 to listen to the sponsorship speech of Senator Loren Legarda on the proposed ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the Philippines (PH-EFTA FTA). In…
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  • Sec. Ramon Lopez at Destileria Limtuaco Museum Opening

    Sec. Ramon Lopez at Destileria Limtuaco Museum Opening

    Intramuros, Manila – DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez attends the opening of the Museum of Destileria Limtuaco, the oldest distillery in the Philippines, which was established in 1852. In his opening speech, Sec. Lopez shares to the audience the importance of this landmark event. The museum presents to the public the…
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  • PTTC’s 1st Export Manager Advanced  Training Program

    PTTC’s 1st Export Manager Advanced Training Program

    26 February 2018 – The Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) of the Department of Trade and Industry and Hinrich Foundation, with other cooperating organizations like the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB)-DTI, the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI/ AHK Philippines) and Leipzig University, held the 1st session of Export Manager…
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  • PTTC Celebrates 31st Anniversary

    PTTC Celebrates 31st Anniversary

    23 February 2018 – To mark the 31st founding anniversary of the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) on February 27, 2018, a series of seminars will be conducted on the same day until February 28, 2018. The PTTC is the trade training arm of the Department of Trade and Industry…
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  • Seminar on Mastering Import and Export Terminologies scheduled on March 9

    Seminar on Mastering Import and Export Terminologies scheduled on March 9

    21 February 2018 Published also in Business Mirror IF you do import and export trade transactions or the planning to trade goods, it’s a must to master International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) used in shipping goods on land, air and sea). While the revised set of rules on Incoterms in all…
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  • IFEX Philippines 2018 makes waves with exciting seafood edition

    IFEX Philippines 2018 makes waves with exciting seafood edition

    Global buyers are up for an exciting showcase of the Philippines’ premier seafood and other food segments in the International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines, the country’s biggest export-oriented food show, on May 25-27 at the World Trade Center Metro Manila, Pasay City. Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry‐Center…
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  • DTI releases order on mandatory implementation of LED lamp standard

    DTI releases order on mandatory implementation of LED lamp standard

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) issued the Department Administrative Order (DAO) 18-02 adopting the Philippine National Standard International – Electrotechnical Commission (PNS/IEC) 62560:2012 – Self-Ballasted LED Lamps for General Lighting Services by Voltage > 50V – Safety Requirements, as one of the PNS for mandatory implementation under the…
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