Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry

Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry
	Coat of arms of Zambia
Ministry overview
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Zambia
Headquarters	New Government Complex ; 8th, 9th and 10th Floors, Nasser Road ; P.O. Box 31968 ; Lusaka, Zambia
Annual budget	ZMW. 318.3 million (2016)
Ministry executive	Chipoka Mulenga, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry;
Website	Homepage

The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI) is a cabinet level government ministry of Zambia. It is responsible for the development of a globally competitive, sustainable, commercial, trade and industrial base in Zambia with the objective of contributing to social and economic development in the country.^[1] The ministry is headed by the Minister Commerce, Trade and Industry.

Location

The headquarters of the MCTI are located on the eighth, ninth and tenth Floors of the New Government Complex, in the Lusaka neighbourhood of Cathedral Hill.^[2]

Overview

The ministry is headed by a cabinet minister, assisted by a deputy minister, both of whom are political appointees. The Permanent Secretary, a career civil servant, oversees the five departments of the ministry. Each of the five departments is headed by a departmental director.^[3]

Department of Foreign Trade
Department of Domestic Trade
Department of Human Resources and Administration
Department of Planning and Information
Department of Industry

The MCTI works in collaboration with the following government agencies:

Zambia Bureau of Standards^[4]
Zambia Development Agency^[5]
Zambia Metrology Agency^[6]
Patents and Companies Registration Agency^[7]
Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission^[8]
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

List of ministers

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Alexander Grey Zulu	United National Independence Party	1964
Commerce, Trade & Industry
Ronald Penza	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	1991	1993
Enoch Kavindele	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	1997	1998
Felix Mutati	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2006	2011
Emmanuel Chenda	Patriotic Front	2013	2014
Margaret Mwanakatwe	Patriotic Front	2015	2018
Christopher Yaluma	Patriotic Front	2018	2021
Chipoka Mulenga	United Party for National Development\|\|2021\|\|

Deputy ministers

Deputy Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Deputy Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry
Paul Tembo	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	1992

References

^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Republic of Zambia: About the Ministry". Lusaka: Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "Street Address of Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry: Organisational Structure". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Bureau of Standards". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Development Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Metrology Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Patents and Companies Registration Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.
^ MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

Official website

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[About-1] MCTI (11 September 2016). "Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Republic of Zambia: About the Ministry". Lusaka: Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[2] MCTI (11 September 2016). "Street Address of Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[3] MCTI (11 September 2016). "Zambian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry: Organisational Structure". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[4] MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Bureau of Standards". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[5] MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Development Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[6] MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Zambia Metrology Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[7] MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Patents and Companies Registration Agency". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[8] MCTI (11 September 2016). "MCTI Statutory Bodies: Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission". Lusaka: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (Zambia) (MCTI). Retrieved 11 September 2016.

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