SECTOR

Subsector: COMEMRCE AND TRADE

Technical Findings

Implications and Effects

Policy options/
Interventions

1.Number and status of

establishments
Decreased for the
last two years in
2012 and 2012.
As of 2013, there
are 13,372
establishments
with Php 92
Billion worth of
Investments

As hub for trading

/commercial activities,
there will be more
movement of people ,
goods and services
around the citys road
network causing traffic
congestion

Coordinate with
MMCI And DTI
for some through
analysis/
evaluation of the
manufacturing
activities in
Mandaue City

2.Industries with highest

contribution
Wholesale and
retail trade
contributed Php
76 billion in gross
sales/ output or
82% of the subsectors total
gross output

The
Wholesale
and retail trade
activities
still
dominate the local
economy thus ,
making Mandaue
an
alternative
commercial
/trading hub in
Metro-Cebu,
second to Cebu
City;

Land area
occupied is 614
has. or an average
of 459 sq.m. per
commercial
establishment
employing about
72% of the
economic sectors
employment
requirements, a

Some commercial
and trading
activities are
possibly located in
residential,institut
ional or industrial
areas

Strict
implementation
and compliance of
the new zoning
ordinance;

land area of
273.91 has. was
allocated by 1979
Zoning
Ordinance.
3. Other technical
Findings and
Observation:
Decrease in the
number of
commercial
establishments ;

Improve
infrastructure
/
utilities and urban
services;
Establish a Local
Economic
Development
Board / Office

No program
incentive
supporting MSMED
from its creation
as Micro to its
development as
Medium
Enterprise;

Heavy Traffic, lack

of parking spaces

Palambo
Panudlanang
Publico;

sa

Develop
an
investment
promotion scheme
with selectivity in
the attraction and
retention
of
business entities
engaged
in
commerce
and
trade activities;

Bus
transit;
increase minimum
parking
requirement;
Additional
electronic
lights;

traffic

 Coastal
highway

road

Sidewalks
occupied by
vendors

Mandaue
Point;

Issuing receipts on
different dates

On-Line Tax
Assessment and
Payment ( OTAP)

Unregulated
Business
Franchise (i.e.
Satellite Markets)

Specific ordinance
regulating
establishment of
satellite markets;

South

Strict
implementation/
enforcement
of
anti-vending

Require
small
businesses
to
secure
business
permit;

Small Business
not paying taxes
and not issuing
official receipts

reduced tax
collection

Intensify
monitoring
of
small businesses;

Consistent
advocacy
on
reporting
business
committing
fraudulent acts;

Employees in
commercial
establishments
mostly not
Mandauehanons

Mandauehanons
cannot benefit from
the
economic d
evelopment of the
city.

Include 2.5 M for

livelihood
building;
Increase by 100%

BMBEs;
Have at least 5
livelihood
programs;
Rag-making,
broom-making,
quail-raising ,etc.;
Enact
law
requiring
establishments to
hire
65%
Mandauehanons
in their rank and
file employees

No established
planned unit of
Development in
the Mandaue
Reclamation Area
Peace and Order
problem, presence
of inmformal
settlers.

Economic activity in
the reclamation is
not maximized

Capital assistance
to new organized
business;
Aim
for
50%
reduction
on
informal settlers.