Mt Prov craft expo set Dec.9-18

By Juliet Saley

BONTOC, Mountain Province --  The  Department of Trade and Industry is inviting  small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) to participate in the Mountain Province Craft Exposition set Dec. 9 – 18 at the provincial plaza here.

DTI OIC provincial director Juliet Lucas said this year is the silver anniversary (25th year) of the Craft Exposition in the province with the theme, “Growing further, getting better: SMEs stirring the growth of local economy.”

This yearly craft exposition aims to give opportunities to local entrepreneur participants to promote and sell their products and services, and also to prepare them for  bigger trade fair venues.

This is  celebrated with the intent to showcase best products that Mountain Province can offer to its consumers and  to present new product innovations from exhibitors.

Lucas said this year’s craft exposition is targeting some 50 local exhibitors and has also invited exhibitors from other provinces to participate to showcase their unique products except for furniture, woven products, coffee and wine since there are local SMEs in the province who engaged in such trades.

Exhibitors are required to pay participation fee of P2,000.00 for furniture and for corporate services; P1,000.00 for gifts/decors/ house wares; P1,000.00 and power consumption for food service; and P750.00 for processed foods.

The DTI will also sponsor a press conference as one of the highlights of this activity which will be conducted on the opening of the fair at 2 p.m. of Nov. 9 at the DTI provincial office.

Main topic would be micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) development in Mountain Province.

Panelists include members of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council consisting of line agencies and sectoral representatives and media.

According to Mabel Banggawan of DTI, another activity included in this exposition is the conduct of Diskwento Caravan to be participated by business people and wholesalers of discounted goods.