The National Exporters’ Week is an annual event led by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (PHILEXPORT) and the Export Development Council (EDC). Presidential Proclamation 931, series of 1996 and House Resolution No.33 declared the first week of December as the Exporters’ Week in order to obtain the total commitment of the government and the private sector to continuously work together to sustain export promotion and development.