DTI records over 400K business registrations in 1-Q 2021

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) logged 432,962 registrations of new businesses in the first quarter of 2021.

According to DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, the majority of the new businesses registered are related to e-commerce or online shopping.

The department recorded 916,163 registrations in 2020.

Report from PTV News/NGS-jlo

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