Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines)

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Department of Trade and Industry
Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya
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Department overview
FormedJune 23, 1898;125 years ago (1898-06-23)
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Commerce and Industry
  • Department of Industry
  • Department of Trade
  • Ministry of Trade and Industry
HeadquartersTrade and Industry Building, 361 Gil Puyat Avenue, Bel-Air, Makati, Philippines
14°33.6′N121°1.8′E / 14.5600°N 121.0300°E / 14.5600; 121.0300
MottoEnabling Business, Empowering Consumers
Employees2,210 (2020) [1]
Annual budget ₱21.944 billion (2022) [2]
Department executives
Child agencies
Website www.dti.gov.ph

The Department of Trade and Industry (Filipino : Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya, abbreviated as DTI) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the advancement, promotion, governance, regulation, management and growth of industry and trade.

Contents

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

Department of Commerce and Police

On September 6, 1901, the Philippine Commission established the Department of Commerce (and Police) of the Insular Government. William Cameron Forbes future Governor-General of the Philippines served as its commissioner from 1904 through 1908.

Department of Commerce and Industry (DCI)

After World War II, President Manuel Roxas issued Executive Order (EO) No. 94 on October 4, 1947, creating the Department of Commerce and Industry (DCI). [3] Cornelio Balmaceda, a much sought-after professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Commerce (BOC), was appointed acting secretary of the newly created Department of Commerce and Industry.

Prior to EO 94, the Bureau of Commerce was tasked to develop and promote the country's trade and industry, under the overall supervision of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, as stipulated by Act 4007 by the Philippine Legislature, enacted on December 5, 1932.

By 1972, the DCI had grown into a big organization with 10 regular bureaus and 22 agencies under its direct supervision. The DCI was mandated to promote, develop, expand, regulate and control of foreign and domestic trade and industry, as well as tourism.

To have closer supervision and to ensure more effective delivery of services, President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued Presidential Decree (PD) 189 on May 11, 1973, creating the Department of Tourism to handle all tourism-related matters. [4] A year later on June 21, 1974, Marcos issued PD 488 creating the Department of Industry whose principal function was to promote and enhance the growth of the country's existing and thriving industries. [5]

On June 2, 1975, the Department of Trade was created under PD 721 to pursue efforts of the government toward strengthening the country's socio-economic development, particularly in the area of commercial activities. [6] A key strategy of the new department was vigorous export promotion to generate much needed foreign exchange. A Bureau of Foreign Trade was also particularly established to push for domestic trade and marketing programs.

In the early 1980s, this goal of national economic development required the need to hew industrial promotion efforts with the expansion of Philippine trade overseas. This resulted in the creation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) on July 27, 1981, which took over the functions of the subsequently abolished Departments of Trade and of Industry.

Drastic changes followed after the 1986 EDSA Revolution. President Corazon Aquino signed Executive Order No. 133 on February 27, 1987, effectively reorganizing the Ministry of Trade and Industry and renaming it the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). [7] This was further strengthened by the issuance of Executive Order 292 (Administrative Code of 1987). [8] Other latter legislations have also amended its functions and structures.

Organizational structure

The department is headed by the Secretary of Trade and Industry (Philippines) with the following seven undersecretaries and five assistant secretaries:

List of the Secretaries of Trade and Industry

Attached Agencies and Corporations

Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions1.jpg
Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM)

The following are attached to the Department of Trade and Industry:


Attached agencies are actually sub-agencies of any national departments of the national government organization in the Philippines in which creation is established by special laws and its operation is independent of its mother unit. The mother unit only serves as supervisory on these special attached agencies.

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References

  1. ↑ Department of Budget and Management (August 21, 2019). Staffing Summaries of National Government Agencies (PDF) (Report). p. 215.
  2. ↑ "General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2022". Republic Act No. 11639 of December 30, 2021 (PDF). Congress of the Philippines.
  3. ↑ "Executive Order No. 94, s. 1947". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. October 4, 1947. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Presidential Decree No. 189, s. 1973". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. May 11, 1973. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Presidential Decree No. 488, s. 1974". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. June 21, 1974. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Presidential Decree No. 721, s. 1975". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. June 2, 1975. Archived from the original on August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Executive Order No. 133, s. 1987". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. February 27, 1987. Archived from the original on August 25, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Executive Order No. 292, s. 1987". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. July 25, 1987. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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