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MSME receives 5th International award in chocolate competition
June 09, 2017It’s another Silver for the cacao farmers from Davao City! Malagos Unsweetened Chocolate won its 5th International award in a Chocolate Competition recently held at the Academy of Chocolate in London, United Kingdom – a group of industry professionals promoting excellence in fine chocolate-making. The announcement was made on June…Read More -
PH business prospects remain rosy, BOI investments up 25% in first five months
June 09, 2017The Philippines remains a preferred global investment destination as evident in the investment projects registered with the Board of Investments (BOI). Trade Secretary and BOI Chairman Ramon Lopez announced a 25 percent increase in the value of registered investments for the first five months of the year compared with the…Read More -
Strengthening the Marikina shoe industry
June 09, 2017Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s instruction to revive and to strengthen the country’s footwear industry, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and the members of the Philippine Footwear Federation Inc. (PFFI) identified possible solutions to existing obstacles that hamper the shoe industry’s growth. “Technological improvement remains an industry…Read More -
MARKET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE: Consider Singapore market for PHL biz
June 07, 2017By Glenn G. Penarada / Commercial Counsellor, PTIC Singapore Singapore remains a strong economically for the Philippines. The country is its third source of investment in the world, with a contribution of $156.2 million in the $7.933-billion net foreign direct investments of the Philippines in 2016. Singapore is…Read More -
DTI-EDC studies international shipping costs
June 07, 2017By Maria Jobellieza Alzate / Policy Advocacy Officer, Export Development Council DR. ENRICO Basilio, chairman of the Export Development Council Networking Committee on Transport and Logistics (EDC- NCTL) and private-sector cochair man of the National Competitiveness Council Trade Infrastructure Transport Logistics (NCC-TITL) Working Group, discussed the initial study regarding…Read More -
PHL food exporters meet Korean traders in Ifex
June 07, 2017By Manuel Ang From May 17 to 20 a South Korean delegation of large food com panies visited the Philippines to source products from the International Food Exhibit (Ifex) and to conduct a trade facilitation workshop for Philip pine food exporters and small and me dium enterprises (SMEs). …Read More -
DTI launches KAPATID Mentor Me in Rizal
June 07, 2017Kapatid Mentor ME launching in Rizal The Department of Trade and Industry, in partnership with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), launched the “KAPATID Mentor Me Program (KMME)” in the province of Rizal at the Atrium Robinson’s Place, Antipolo City, Rizal on 01 June 2017. Rizal is the third province…Read More -
FDA and LGU join DTI monitoring activities for prices, quality, safety of school supplies
June 07, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) strengthens its monitoring activities in bookstores and other outlets to ensure only affordable, quality, and safe school supplies are being sold to consumers. The DTI’s Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) last 31 May 2017 led the special joint monitoring activities for school supplies…Read More -
DTI proposes new sampling guidelines for steel products
June 07, 2017The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) has proposed a memorandum circular amending the implementing guidelines for the mandatory certification of steel products covered by Philippine National Standards (PNS) 49:2002, PNS 211:2002, and PNS 657:2008. The draft memorandum circular (MC) specifies that the sampling size requirements…Read More -
DTI heightens monitoring activities for supply and prices of basic and prime goods in Mindanao
June 07, 2017Two weeks after the issuance of Proclamation No. 216, “Declaring a State of Martial Law and Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Whole of Mindanao” that led to the implementation of automatic price control or price freeze on basic necessities, the Department of Trade and…Read More
