Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce

Business Services

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Role and/or Activities

The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce represents the interests and views of the business community in and around Addis Ababa and offers services to the business community

REPRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce, with some 36,000 membership, represents the full spectrum of business and industry in Addis Ababa. It is, therefore, in a position to speak authoritatively and independently for the whole business community in and around Addis Ababa and not just one sector of it. The Chamber's foremost interest is to enhance the ability of local manufacturers to produce goods and to facilitate, assist, and coordinate the activities of importers, exporters and service giving enterprises. These interests of the Chamber coincide with those of the Government.

As representative of the business community in Addis Ababa, the Chamber is in a unique position to play the role of an advisory to the Government, mainly on economic policy issues reflecting the interests and wishes of its members, particularly on issues such as tax policy, labour and investment codes and the country's overall economic policy.

MARKET STUDIES

Market studies pertain to the identification of current and future products available within the country for sale on the international market. This is done through assessment of the country's export supply situation. The types of information generated through the market studies pertain to volume available for export, prevailing prices, principal producers and exporters, etc.

It also involves the identification of specific possibilities for sales and gives an overview of the characteristics and requirements of target export markets and the major opportunities in them. It highlights sales prospects for local exportable products. Such a study contains information on general characteristics of those imports, consumption patterns, import rules and regulations, tariffs, marketing conditions and requirements, price levels, distribution channels, bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, etc.

TRADE INFORMATION

Trade information is the blood of any dynamic business everywhere in the world. Accordingly, the Chamber provides its members with a trade information service, through its Trade Information Department, as one of its basic activities. The information needed by entrepreneurs are wide-ranging and include information on:

products and sources of supply,
sales prospects for exportable products,
target export markets,
market trends and developments,
consumption patterns,
import rules and regulations of different countries,
marketing conditions and requirements,
price levels,
distribution channels,
bilateral and multilateral trade agreements,
trade fairs and exhibitions in other countries,
technology transfer opportunities,
finance and investment and
joint ventures.

To enhance the fulfillment of these tasks, the Trade Information Department of the Chamber has:

a Statistics Division responsible for sourcing, collecting analyzing, processing and distribution of business information.

a Publications Division responsible for the publication of a monthly newsletter "NIGDINA LIMAT" (Trade & Development) and of directories of its members.
a Documentation Centre which contains works of references, directories, trade journals, government publications and trade inquires.

TRADE PROMOTION

Organizing and participating in trade fairs is one of the effective medium of trade promotion. The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce undertakes and/or facilitates promotional activities, involving trade fairs and the organization of seller's missions abroad. The Chamber accomplishes these activities through its Trade Fair and Exhibition unit which is structured within the Trade Promotion Department.

HOSTING TRADE DELEGATION

The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce acts as a link between its members and foreign companies. It does this, among other ways, by hosting trade delegations from different countries and providing forums for the exchange of opinions between the delegations and representatives of the Ethiopian business community.

TRAINING

Training geared towards up-grading of the management and marketing skills of members has for so long a time been a pivotal concern of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce. The core of the training programmes the Chamber conducts include:

Supervisory Management,
Basic Marketing,
Salesmanship,
Import and Export Management,
Inventory Control and
Basic Accounting.

Furthermore, whenever new policies or regulations or directives pertaining to the conduct of business are issued by the Government, it is the duty of the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce to ensure that its members are familiar with the contents of the same.

CONSULTANCY SERVICES

The Addis Ababa Chamber Commerce provides advisory services, on request, to its members, in respect of project ideas/profiles/, some of which it regularly issues on its monthly NEWSLETTER "NIGDNA LIMAT", for the consumption of its members and other interested bodies upon request.

OTHER SERVICES

The Addis Ababa Chamber Commerce provides services of fax, telex, and photocopying to all its members who seek such services. The Chamber also gives arbitration and translation services to members upon request.

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