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INVITATION FOR TENDERS FLOUR AND SUGAR

Fuel Prices Adjustments - March 2024

Business Month 2023 - Calendar of Events

INVITATION FOR TENDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF PEST CONTROL

INVITATION FOR TENDERS FOR THE SUPPLY OF RAW (BROWN) CANE SUGAR

PRESS RELEASE - Saint Lucia and the Republic of China (Taiwan) to Host the 16th Annual Saint Lucia – Taiwan Partnership Trade Show

Press Release Import Licence Procedures Reminder

Information on Purchasing Land in Saint Lucia

Fiscal Incentive / Duty-Free Concessions Checklist

Business Name Registration/ Incorporation COVID Protocols

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Measures to access SBDC (formerly known as SEDU) Services

To ensure the public's and staff's safety, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the services of the Small Enterprise Development Unit (SEDU) (formally called the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC)) are being offered via the virtual/e-modality. Walk-ins are not recommended, without an appointment. Therefore, for general information, please visit our website: www.commerce.gov.lc,email: sbdcsaintlucia@govt.lc, or call: 468-4223/453-2891. If you have an assigned Business Development Officer at SEDU, kindly contact him / her for assistance.

Online Trade Licence Application System

Welcome to Commerce Online

Welcome to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, Manufacturing , Business Development, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs.

Our mission is “To actively promote and facilitate, in close collaboration with the Private Sector, the establishment of a dynamic investment and trading environment, which anticipates changes in global circumstances, whilst strengthening and enhancing the productive capacities and competitiveness of Industry and Commerce, encouraging good business practices and promoting consumer interest.”

For those who are visiting our new site for the first time, www.commerce.gov.lc is your window into the responsibilities of the various units within the Ministry. I therefore encourage you to click on the various links under the Departments section of our top menu to better familiarize yourselves with the missions and purposes of the units. We have also included an Events Calendar section to keep you abreast of events of the Ministry.

We are aware of the ever increasing demands to have our processes on an IT platform, and we guarantee that your expectations will be met in the near future. We sincerely believe that this will not only aid our internal efforts at meeting our goals but to be of equal benefit to all our clients.

I am extremely proud of working with a team of professional individuals who are very capable of achieving our desire to continuously improve our services to you. Thus, I encourage you to provide necessary feedback which will enable us to serve you better.

We pledge to provide you with an informative, updated website and sincerely hope you find it useful and will visit often.

SOPHIA M. HENRY (MRS.)

Permanent Secretary

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Consumer Affairs

To vigorously promote consumer interests through policy guidelines and appropriate legislation in an attempt to minimize conflict and to create a fair trading environment.

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Commerce

The function of this section is to work towards the creation of an environment conducive to both local and foreign investment and to develop a policy framework, which takes into account national, regional and global developments, and influences an overall strategy for the development of Commerce and Industry.

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SEDU

SEDU is a special unit within the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Consumer Affairs established in 1994 to serve as a "One Stop Shop" for the Micro and Small businesses. It is government funded however undertakes joint ventures with its social partners.

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