Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

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

## List of ministers[edit]

Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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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[edit]

Deputy Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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

## References[edit]

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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