Organization

Department of Border Trade was established on August 28, 1996 under the Ministry of Commerce. Department of Border Trade is headed by a Director General and the Head Office consists of the following six divisions:

• Administration and Training Division
• Planning, Statistics and Policy Division
• Foreign Trade Promotion and Export-Import Research Division
• Border Export Division
• Border Import Division
• Accounts Division

The five objectives for organizing of the Department of Border Trade are as per below:

• To further strengthen the existing friendship between the two countries.
• To promote border trade between the two countries, putting it in line with normal trade.
• To get reasonable revenue for the state.
• To facilitate private business activities there by allowing them to acquire reasonable profit.
• To enhance the smooth flow of commodities.

The main functions of the Department of Border Trade are as per below:

• Issuing the export/import licenses/permits for trading undertaken by border areas
• Establishing Trade Zones and Wholesales Markets
• Carrying out to facilitate the trade activities
• Carrying out to increase trade volume
• Attempting to export the new items
• Trying to reach to the legal trade way from the illegal trade way
• Promoting transit trade
• Carrying out to get reasonable revenue for the state
• Holding the trade fairs and discussions for trade promotion
• Assisting to the businessmen who want to establish the Companies
• Arranging to open the trainings for Export/Import Procedures to be able to carry out the border trade