Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) - Lilongwe - Malawi

Our Mandate
Malawi Investment and Trade Centre is a trade and inward investment promotion agency, established to promote exports from Malawi and productive investment into Malawi. MITC operates as a One-Stop Service Centre for business start-ups as mandated by the Investment and Export Promotion Act of 2012. The Centre provides specialized support to investors in all prioritized sectors for industrializing Malawi; and also promotes and facilitate export products and services of Malawi.
 
Our Vision
To make Malawi an attractive destination for business
 
Our Mission
Our Mission is to promote and facilitate sustainable inclusive and transformative investment and trade in Malawi
 

MITC offers exporters a bouquet of services, which include:
A. Export Development
Capacity building programs detailing:

Export registration requirements
Trade agreement compliance requirements
Export incentive schemes
International marketing
Customs requirements compliance

Market intelligence

Ensuring the obtaining of sufficient information about particular export markets, including:

The source of present products and services
Product and Country-specific features
Government regulations
Potential buyers
Exploring business opportunities for exports in specific markets

Ensuring the obtaining of sufficient information about particular local manufacturers, including:

Exporter details
Product descriptions
Company profiles and marketing materials

B. Export Promotion
Market Development programmes, facilitating trade promotional programmes designed to bring willing buyers and willing sellers into contact with one another including:

National exhibitions
Outward selling missions
Inward buying missions
Intra-trade business to business facilitation
National and regional trade fairs