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Commerce and Trade group
COMMERCE AND TRADE GROUP
Trade: The main aim is to buy and sell (on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
Commerce: The main aim is to supply commodities and services to a market.
On a general level... the words are used as Synonyms... But if we go into the detail of it... Commerce largely deals with ensuring commodities and services are available in the market... This is achieved by conducting trade... so in a way.. trade is a subset of commerce...
Historical Background
The Trade Service of Pakistan, created in 1967, was replaced by the Commerce & Trade Occupational Group in 1973, as a result of Administrative Reforms
It was a specialized cadre with the mandate to promote exports, manage imports and develop Pakistans international trade.
Its objectives included the development of a professionally competent and trained officers cadre which could manage trade on technically proficient lines.
MISSION STATEMENT OF Ministry Of Commerce
Contributing to the national economy through trade liberalization and facilitation, improving export competiveness and reducing cost of doing business.
Aim to achieve higher market access for Pakistani products in existing markets as well as new markets with ultimate aim of improving quality of life of the people of Pakistan
Ministry Of Commerce CHARTER
Under the Rules of Business 1973, Commerce Division is assigned the following functions:
Imports and exports across custom frontiers
Export promotion
Commercial intelligence and statistics
Tariff policy and its implementation
Anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties and safeguard laws
Inter-Provincial trade
Domestic Commerce
Organization and control of Chambers and trade associations
Law of Insurance and regulation and control of Insurance companies
Administrative Control of Attached Departments/Organizations
Selection of Trade Officers for posting in Pakistans Missions abroad
Cadre Strength
Training and Orientation
8 months specialized training for Grade 17 officers at the Pakistan Institute of Trade and Development, formerly, Foreign Trade Institute of Pakistan, Islamabad
Core subjects:
- International Trade Theory
- Pakistan economy with special reference to exports
- Global Trading System
- Trade development in Pakistan: public policies and practices
- Managing International business
- Management studies
Extensive Field visits & Foreign training for two weeks in Malaysia
WINGS/FUNCTIONS
Work is Distributed amongst the following Wings:
- Administration
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Foreign Trade (I, II & III)
- Exports
- Imports
- International Trade Organizations
- Insurance
- Domestic Commerce
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENTS/ORGANIZATIONS
Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP)
National Tariff Commission (NTC)
Foreign Trade Institute of Pakistan (FTIP)
Directorate General of Trade Organizations (DGTO)
Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB)
State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLIC)
Pakistan Re-Insurance Company Ltd (PRCL)
National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL)
Pakistan Institute of Fashion and Design
TRADE MISSIONS
Ministry of Commerce has 40 Trade Missions abroad and 57 officers
One independent Mission headed by Ambassador and supported by four Trade Officers/Diplomats at Geneva (WTO Mission)
Europe has 11 Missions and 17 Officers
Asia has 14 Missions and 19 Trade Officers
America has 5 Missions and 10 officers
Middle East has 3 Missions and 5 officers
Africa has 5 Missions and 5 Offices
Australia has 1 Office, Consul General Sydney
PAKISTANS MISSIONS ABROAD
- AFGHANISTAN (Kabul, Kandahar)
- ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires)
- AUSTRALIA (Sydney)
- AZARBAIJAN (Baku)
- BANGLADESH (Dhaka)
- BELGIUM (Brussels)
- BRAZIL (Sao Paulo)
- CANADA (Montreal, Vancouver)
- CHINA (Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hong Kong,)
- EGYPT (Cairo)
- FRANCE (Paris)
- GERMANY (Berlin, Frankfurt)
- GREECE (Athens)
- INDIA (New Delhi)
- INDONESIA (Jakarta)
- IRAN (Tehran)
- ITALY (Rome)
- JAPAN (Tokyo, Osaka)
- KAZAKHSTAN (Almaty)
- KENYA (Nairobi)
- KUWAIT (Kuwait City)
- LIBYA (Tripoli)
- MALAYSIA (Kuala Lumpur )
- MEXICO (Mexico City)
- MOROCCO (Casablanca)
- NETHERLANDS (The Hague)
- NIGERIA (Lagos) *
- POLAND (Warsaw)
- RUSSIA (Moscow)
- SAUDI ARABIA (Jeddah, Riyadh, Al-Khubar) *
- SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
- SPAIN (Madrid)
- SOUTH AFRICA (Johannesburg)
- SWEDEN (Stockholm)
- SWITZERLAND (Geneva)
- THAILAND (Bangkok)
- TURKEY (Istanbul)
- U.A.E (Dubai , Abu Dhabi)
- UNITED KINGDOM (London, Manchester)
- USA (Washington, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston)
* Not yet operational
Foreign Trade Institute of Pakistan since January 2009
PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Established in 1989 as a Specialized Training Institute
Present Training Programs:-
- Specialized Training for C&T entrants
- Capacity Building Training for C&T officers
- Foreign Service Training
- Commercial Officers Training
New Role: Policy Think Tank of Government of Pakistan on International Trade:-
- Provide research based policy advise to all the stakeholders in Pakistans international trade
- Addition of Executive Development Division and Policy Research Division
- Developing into Regional Center of Excellence on International Trade in terms of Training and Research
FUTURE OF THE SERVICE?
THE SERVICE WHICH WOULD HELP PAKISTAN GET A BETTER DEAL FROM TRADE RELATED GLOBALIZATION WOULD BE THE SERVICE OF THE FUTURE
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"You interpret my heart, my nature, as you wish to believe it. In truth, I have no secret longing to be saved from myself." (Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin)
Last edited by Last Island; Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 04:52 PM.
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