Department of Trade and Industry(DTI)

January 6, 2023 Dear Maria Esmeralda Isabel Jularbal, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 05, 2023 10:24:31 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Classification of MSMLEs. Response to Request The Philippines employs two criteria in operationally defining MSMEs, namely employment and asset size. The PSA classifies an enterprise as a micro if it has less than 10 employees, small if it has 10-99 employees, medium with 100-199 employees, and large if it has 200 or more employees. On the other hand, the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) classifies an enterprise as micro if it has up to Php 3,000,000 asset size, small if it has Php 3,000,001–15,000,000 asset size, medium if it has Php 15,000,0001–100,000,000 asset size, and large if it has Php 100,000,001 and above asset size. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to . Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you.