As of May 2019, 99.56 percent of business establishments in the country were MSMEs. From around 900,000 in 2017, it further grew to 1.42 million, 90 percent are essentially microenterprises with total assets of below P3 million and with less than 10 employees. Data from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) showed that about seven out of every 10 employed Filipinos work in an MSME-owned business.
The DTI estimated that in 2018, MSMEs were responsible for contributing 40 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while providing 5.7 million jobs or 63.2 percent to the country’s workforce.
Recognizing the MSME sector’s invaluable contributions to the economy and employment, the DTI launched the “Go Lokal” program, a free-market access platform for MSMEs supported by select retail partners.
Published January 16, 2021, 7:00 AM
Multisectoral groups, comprising of 51 largest and widely-represented private sector associations, have urged for the immediate enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill to boost market confidence, save jobs and provide instant relief to businesses’ suffering from the COVID-19 impact.
“We, members of some of the largest and most widely-represented private sector groups in the country, reiterate our strongest and unequivocal support for the immediate enactment of the CREATE Bill,” stated the joint statement.
Congress has been deliberating the CREATE Bill for three years already, but both Houses have a hard time reconciling their versions.
Private sector groups reiterate call for immediate passage into law of CREATE bill By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published January 15, 2021 1:10pm Fifty-one of the country’s largest private sector and business groups on Friday called anew for the immediate passage into law of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) bill. “We humbly request the Senate and the House of Representatives to move quickly and decisively to push CREATE forward and ensure its immediate enactment,” the groups said in a statement. “We join the multisectoral call for the passage of this important legislative measure with urgency. After three years of deliberation, every day of delay comes at the risk of losing more jobs and hemorrhaging more investments,” the groups added.