The Ministry of Trade and Industry has a number of explicit targets that have been laid down by law (Decree Task description of Departments of 10 October 1991).

These are:

• the promotion of domestic and foreign trade, including import and export policy, in cooperation with the relevant ministries;
• matters of a commercial policy nature and the granting of import, export and foreign exchange permits, insofar as they do not conflict with trade liberalization, all this in cooperation with the relevant ministries;
• the policy for controlling the cost of living and the supervision of commercial, industrial and service activities;
• the establishment and management of price controls, as well as quality standards, all in collaboration with the relevant Ministries;
• industrial policy and the promotion of the industrial sector, with an emphasis on the export orientation of this sector;
• the calibration and guarantee of the content of gold and silver, whether or not worked;
• the policy with regard to the promotion of the craft industries.

MISSION

The ministry will undergo a transformation within 5 years: