DTI focuses efforts on empowering MSMEs

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has placed micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the forefront of its trade and investment strategies to boost the growth of the sector.

With MSMEs comprising 99 percent of business establishments in the country and sharing more than 60 percent of total jobs nationwide, the sector has a huge potential to contribute to the economic growth and employment as well as to promote inclusive growth.