Who we are / Info
Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MoTIC) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Uganda, responsible for promoting trade, industrial development, and cooperative growth. Its mission is to develop and promote a competitive, export-led private sector through accelerated industrial development, facilitation of trade, and the creation of a conducive business environment. MoTIC’s vision is to foster strong and competitive business enterprises capable of sustaining flourishing export-led growth in the industrial, agricultural, and service sectors.
The ministry’s mandate, as derived from the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995), is to formulate, review, and support policies, strategies, plans, and programs that promote and ensure the expansion and diversification of trade, cooperatives, environmentally sustainable industrialization, and appropriate technology development and transfer.
Our products / services (list)
Formulate and review, where necessary appropriate policies, legislation, regulations and standards for sustainable development of trade, industrialization and technology development, cooperatives movement and other tradable national products for increased wealth creation and benefit to the country;
Initiate, coordinate, support, oversee and where applicable, facilitate implementation of strategies and programmes aimed at enhancing the development and promotion of trade, the cooperatives, industry and technology, and ensure their maximum benefit to the country;
Inspect, monitor and evaluate the performance, progress, standards, state and efficiency of the various sectors, under its mandate for quality assurance, policy direction and guidance;
Conduct studies and evaluate the impact of the sectoral, fiscal and other policies on the advancement of the diversified sectors and their effect on the poverty eradication program so as to advise authorities appropriately;
Promote and coordinate research activities and initiatives of the sector with a view to ensure that results are efficiently and effectively utilized and are beneficial to the country and all stakeholders;
Assess the need and where necessary, mobilize resources to support balanced industrial, cooperatives, and entrepreneurial development for eradication of poverty in the country; and,
Collect, process, analyze, store and disseminate national and international information on the sectors and provide an input for rational decision-making;
