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Roles and Functions
Establish and regulate commodity and trade standards.
Collect, evaluate, and publish data pertaining to Commerce and Industry.
Establish and enforce standards for business practices.
Promote sound dev elopement of foreign and domestic trade.
Issue Import and Export Permits.
Control quality of goods and commodity imported into and exported from the Country.
Implement efficient and effective trade management system including pre-shipment Inspection of imports and exports.
Monitoring and regulating prices of essential goods.
Structure of the Ministry
The Ministry has three distinct bureaus:
Bureau of Administration
Bureau of Commence & Trade and
Bureau of Industry
The three bureaus are subdivided into 13 Divisions and they are: Personnel, Finance, Electronic Data Processing, Information, and Planning & Research, Foreign Trade, Domestic Trade, Inspectorate, Price Analysis & Marketing, Standards, Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Industrial Development, Industrial Administration & Supervision.