International Trading
Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC), a line corporation under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), is a self-sustaining government corporation operating under its Revised Charter, Presidential Decree (PD) 1071 (1077) as amended.
Since its establishment in 1973 as the government's only international trading corporation, Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC), has been in the forefront of the Government's economic agenda on market expansion, global competitiveness and improved trade opportunities for the Philippines. PITC promotes and undertakes exports of Philippine products sourced from predominantly small and medium enterprises (SME's) and provides a range of trade-related services - including bonded warehousing for duty-free importation of raw materials used in the manufacture of goods for re-export as well as quality assurance, order consolidation and customs facilitation.
In keeping with its mandate to ensure better terms of trade for the country, PITC engages in a variety of special transactions including countertrade and industrial offsets to leverage government importations with trade and investments from foreign suppliers, and is an active participant in government-to-government negotiations which aim to gain increased access of Philippine products and services to new or non-traditional markets, including the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and other socialist economy states.
As a line corporation under the DTI, PITC plays a strategic role in the price-supply stabilization efforts of the Government through bulk importation of strategic essential commodities and raw materials in order to stabilize prices and ensure supply in the domestic market, such as pharmaceuticals, rice, sugar, fertilizers, cement, engines, to name a few.
Drawing from its vast experience and expertise in contract sales, product sourcing and supply, as well as quality assurance, PITC has likewise ventured into Government Procurement Services in
Since its establishment in 1973 as the government's only international trading corporation, Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC), has been in the forefront of the Government's economic agenda on market expansion, global competitiveness and improved trade opportunities for the Philippines. PITC promotes and undertakes exports of Philippine products sourced from predominantly small and medium enterprises (SME's) and provides a range of trade-related services - including bonded warehousing for duty-free importation of raw materials used in the manufacture of goods for re-export as well as quality assurance, order consolidation and customs facilitation.
In keeping with its mandate to ensure better terms of trade for the country, PITC engages in a variety of special transactions including countertrade and industrial offsets to leverage government importations with trade and investments from foreign suppliers, and is an active participant in government-to-government negotiations which aim to gain increased access of Philippine products and services to new or non-traditional markets, including the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and other socialist economy states.
As a line corporation under the DTI, PITC plays a strategic role in the price-supply stabilization efforts of the Government through bulk importation of strategic essential commodities and raw materials in order to stabilize prices and ensure supply in the domestic market, such as pharmaceuticals, rice, sugar, fertilizers, cement, engines, to name a few.
Drawing from its vast experience and expertise in contract sales, product sourcing and supply, as well as quality assurance, PITC has likewise ventured into Government Procurement Services in