Department of Trade

and Industry
(Philippines)

The Department of Trade and Industry (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya,

abbreviated as DTI) is the executive department of the Philippine government tasked as the
main economic catalyst that enables innovative, competitive, job generating, inclusive
business, and empowers consumers. It acts as a catalyst for intensified private sector activity
in order to accelerate and sustain economic growth through comprehensive industrial
growth strategy, progressive and socially responsible trade liberalization and deregulation
programs and policymaking designed for the expansion and diversification of Philippine
trade – both domestic and foreign.
 Department of Trade and Industry
Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya

Department overview

Formed June 23, 1898

Preceding agencies Department of Commerce

Department of Commerce and Industry

Department of Industry

Department of Trade

Ministry of Trade and Industry

Headquarters Trade and Industry Building, 361 Gil Puyat

Avenue, Bel-Air, Makati, Philippines
14°33.6′N 121°1.8′E (https://geohack.toolforge.
org/geohack.php?pagename=Department_of_T
rade_and_Industry_(Philippines)&params=14_3
3.6_N_121_1.8_E_)

Motto Enabling Business, Empowering Consumers

 Employees 2,210 (2020)[1]

Annual budget ₱ 21.944 billion (2022)[2]

Department executive Alfredo E. Pascual, Secretary

Child agencies Board of Investments

Philippine Trade Training Center

Design Center of the Philippines

Construction Industry Authority of the Philippines

Cooperative Development Authority

Technical Education and Skills Development

Authority

Website www.dti.gov.ph (http://www.dti.gov.ph)

Department Order No. 19-18, s. 2019, laid out the organizational structure of the department
into the following functional groups: Competitiveness and Innovation Group (CIG); Consumer
Protection Group (CPG); Industry Development and Trade Policy Group (IDTPG);
Management Services Group (MSG); Regional Operations Group (ROG); and the Trade
Promotions Group (TPG).

Its hierarchical organization include 27 foreign trade service posts, 17 regional offices
(including Negros Island Region), 87 provincial/city/area offices, 12 bureaus, 4 attached
agencies, 7 attached corporations, and 8 services offices.

The department is headed by a Secretary (equivalent to Minister) and assisted by

Undersecretaries (equivalent to Deputy Minister) which take charge of certain sub-
department each, and Assistant Secretaries which serve as specialized assistants of the
Secretary.

History

Organizational structure
List of the Secretaries of Trade and Industry

Attached Agencies and Corporations

See also

References

External links

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