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Aurora products, a hit in Pampanga at the 3rd Siempre Aurora Trade Fair
August 11, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry – Aurora Provincial Office, in partnership with MarQuee Mall and the Provincial Government of Aurora, proudly held the 3rd Siempre Aurora Trade Fair and Creative Showcase from July 17 to 20, 2025, at MarQuee Mall, Angeles City—bringing Aurora’s finest local products to a wider…Read More -
Future-proofing MSMEs: Innovation and support at the core
August 11, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development (BSMED), and in collaboration with public and private sector partners, successfully held the 2025 National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Resilience Forum on July 17, 2025, with the theme “Empowering MSMEs through Innovation…Read More -
DTI enforces price freeze in parts of MIMAROPA under state of calamity due to heavy rainfall caused by southwest monsoon
August 11, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) MIMAROPA enforced a 60-day province-wide price freeze on basic necessities in calamity-stricken Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro, and parts of Palawan and Romblon due to the southwest monsoon or habagat. Below is the list of areas under the State of Calamity and the…Read More -
DTI Rizal and PCCI Rizal successfully host 2nd Eastern Rizal Business Conference in Baras
August 11, 2025BARAS, RIZAL | The Department of Trade and Industry-Rizal, in partnership with the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Rizal, proudly concluded the 2nd Eastern Rizal Business Conference (ERBC) held at the Baras Municipal Gymnasium. Following the success of its pilot run last year, this year’s conference brought together…Read More -
DTI Quezon, thru CFIDP conducts “Aesthetics to Strategy: A Visual Merchandising Seminar-Workshop for CFOs and MSMEs of Quezon Province” in partnership with Design Center of the Philippines
August 11, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry – Quezon through Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) in partnership with Design Center of the Philippines (DCP) successfully conducted the two-day session of “Aesthetics to Strategy: A Visual Merchandising Seminar-Workshop for Coconut Farmers Organizations (CFOs) and MSMEs of Quezon Province” last July…Read More -
DTI-FTEB urges accreditation of service-related firms
August 11, 2025Urging relevant firms to comply with accreditation requirements, the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has conducted over 81 rounds of inspections. Led by the FTEB Business Licensing and Accreditation Division (BLAD), the monitoring activities covered 512 service and repair shops (SREs) mostly…Read More -
PH, India business groups renew pact to boost trade and investment opportunities for Filipino
August 11, 2025NEW DELHI, India—Expect more Filipino-Indian business ventures with the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Philippines Inc. (FICCI PH). Signed at the Taj Mahal Hotel on August 6 during the…Read More -
DTI to catalyze financial digital transformation of PH MSMEs
August 10, 2025Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which account for 99% of business establishments and employ 60% of its workforce based on the 2020 report of the Philippine Statistics Authority, are hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic downturn. For the past two years, the disruption in supply chains and…Read More -
DTI strengthens regulations on the importation of non-Philippine Standard (PS) certified vapor products
August 08, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) officially released Department Administrative Order No. 25-10 (DAO25-10) (2025) Regulating the Importation of Non-Philippine Standard (Non-PS) Certified Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products, and Novel Tobacco Products—ensuring that only products meeting the prescribed Philippine and international quality standards are allowed entry into the country.…Read More -
DTI sharpens regulations against child-targeted vape flavor descriptors
August 08, 2025The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) officially released Department Administrative Order No. 25-09 (DAO25-09) (2025) Prescribing Guidelines on Identifying Illegal Flavor Descriptors Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products, and Novel Tobacco Products —strengthening rules for detecting flavor descriptors that unduly appeal to minors, in line with the government’s commitment to…Read More
