Department of Commerce and Police

Department of Trade and Industry

Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya
Enabling Business, Empowering Consumers
Department overview
Formed	September 6, 1901
Headquarters	Trade and Industry Building, 361 Gil Puyat Avenue, Bel-Air, Makati, Philippines
Annual budget	₱3.7 billion (2015)
Department executive	Ramon M. Lopez, Secretary
Website	www.dti.gov.ph www.business.gov.ph

The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya, abbreviated as DTI) is the executive department of the Philippine Government tasked to expand Philippine trade, industries and investments as the means to generate jobs and raise incomes for Filipinos. It acts as 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.

The national organizational set up of the department include Industry Promotion Group (IPG), Industry Development Group (IDG), Consumer Protection Group (CPG), Regional Operations Group (ROG), and the Management Services Group (MSG). Its hierarchical organization include 33 foreign trade service posts, 16 regional offices, 81 provincial/city/area offices, 13 bureaus, 7 attached agencies, 7 attached corporations, and 10 service 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.

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.

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). 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.