CITEM, or the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions is the export promotion arm of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) committed to developing, nurturing, and promoting globally-competitive small and medium enterprises (SMEs), exporters, designers, and manufacturers by implementing an Integrated Approach to Export Marketing in partnership with other government and private entities.
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez led the formal opening of the just concluded Manila FAME. He cited the bi-annual buying event as an embodiment of the government’s thrust of robust growth and shared prosperity for MSMEs. He said of the participating MSMEs, “We are teaching them how to fish, rather than just giving them fish.”
