Commerce and Trade
The growth of commercial activities in the Municipality gave a substantial share to the income of Tuburan in terms of business licenses, taxes, market Receipts, registration and permit fees. receipt from markets showed almost a million pesos of collection from January – June 2010. Shown in the table below are numbers of commercial establishments in the municipality.
|
ESTABLISMENTS |
NUMBER |
| Merchandising stores |
5 |
| Marketing stores |
10 |
| Sari-sari stores (including supplies and enterprises) |
109 |
| Dry goods |
40 |
| Bakeries |
18 |
| Eateries/ Carenderias |
20 |
| Monetary Remittances/Changers |
6 |
| Pawnshop |
5 |
| Hardware/construction materials |
11 |
| Drugstores |
4 |
| Internet Café |
12 |
| Lodging houses |
3 |
| Cooperatives |
4 |
| Amusement Centers |
2 |
For the industry sector, only small-scale industries are operating in the municipality. To mention some: 3 corn mills; 9 repair hops; 4 shell-crafts; 5 coco crafts; 7 mineral water processors / refill stations.
Commercial establishment in the municipality are of small-scale categories, which are concentrated in the public market area and within its sphere of influence like the Burgos, Mendoza, Maxilom and Tabotabo Streets in Barangay Poblacion. More or less the total area devoted to commerce and trade in the municipality is three (3) hectares.
The kinds of commercial establishments in the planning area are as follows: sari-sari stores (479), dry good stores (15), wine and liquor stores (18), eateries (12) and drugstore (1).There is no department store, like the one found in big cities, in the municipality.
Market days in the Poblacion are during Tuesdays and Saturdays. Some people in the upland barangays market at Sitio Cadoldolan, Barangay Manga, every Friday and Saturday in Barangay Putat, every Monday at Kalangahan, every Thursday at Bakyawan, every Wednesday at Montealegre, every Saturday at Kabkaban, every Tuesday at Mag-alwa and in several other barangays.
For extensive shopping, people who belong to the upper and middle-income brackets shop at Cebu City or in Gaisano Sari-sari store in Balamban.
The annual growth rate of commercial establishments in the municipality is 2.2% basing on the 2000 total commercial establishments of 525 over the 536 total commercial establishments in 2000.
Development Needs:
Commercial and Trading activities in the planning area need further development considering its inadequate market facilities like market blocks and stalls, poor drainage system, lack of faucets for the water needs within the public market premises and inadequate public toilet to serve the brisk growing business activities in the public market area.
As of 2000, areas devoted to commerce and trade in the municipality is inadequate, considering the fact that it only occupies 1.04% (8 hectares) of the total built up area, which is 765 hectares.
