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Industries

Vision

Mission

To have a sustainable, competitive and semi industrialized economy. To facilitate the development of sustainable industry and trade sectors through creation of enabling environment and provision of improved services.  

Functions

  • Formulation, administration and review of policies and strategies for industrial and commercial development.

  • Creation of enabling environment for industrial and trade development.

  • Co-ordination and supervsion of parastatal sector restructuring through privatization and commercialization.

  • Post privatization monitoring and evaluation of Sales and Joint Venture Agreements.

  • Enterpreneurship Promotion and development.

  • Promotion of environment friendly technologies.

  • Monitoring of industrial sector performance.

  • Promotion of international trade through bilateral, multilateral and regional co-operation.

  • To facilitate industrial and trade development through appropriate recommendations on the enabling legal framework.

  • Export and import management.

  • To perform managerial and administrative functions relating to the sector.

  • Preparation and co-ordination of recurrent and development budget for the sector including financial management and accounting for Government and donor funds.

  • Planning, programming and mobilization of both internal and external resources for strategic industrial and trade projects.

  • Supervision of Agencies and firms performing regulatory roles with specific reference to industry and trade licensing, company and business registration, weights and measures, quality and standardisation and competition policy.

  • Human resources development in specialized fields.

Agencies/Institutions

Institutional Setup
The Ministry has two line divisions (Industry Division and Trade Division), 
two staff divisions (Policy, Planning and Parastatal Restructuring Division; and 
Administration and Personnel Division) and three staff units (Accounts Unit, Internal Audit Unit and Trade Practices Tribunal). 

Also the Ministry has a Fair Trade Practices Commission, 
A Unit dealing with SADC matters; Business Registration and Licensing Agency(BRELA); and Weights & Measures Commission.