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Bureau of Trade

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Government Bureau F-22012162

The Bureau of Trade is part of the Ministry of Commerce.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CMC-02 Reg 02 of 05 ΰΌΆ Est 1959
Headquarters Oslola Commonwealth Export House
Scale 17 offices
5,610 staff
Bureau of Trade
Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce
Employees 5,610
Established 1959
Headquarters Commonwealth Export House, Oslola
Service Revenue and Customs Service, Frontier and Levy Service

The Bureau of Trade is a bureau of the Ministry of Commerce. It issues export permits to Commonwealth firms, collects the federal levy on exports and issues the import credits that exporters are paid in. It also keeps the registry of patents and trademarks and licenses foreign designs for manufacture in Vekllei. It reports to the Treasury.

Firms and municipal corporations may export once domestic demand is met. The permit is provided retrospectively at the end of the quarter, and is calculated in hindsight as a fee of 5 per cent of export revenue. Most exports are first subject to a federal levy of 10 per cent, and hydrocarbons to a levy of 55 per cent. Exported cargoes are still stamped and tracked by the bureau’s port offices.

When a foreign design is popular at home, a Commonwealth manufacturer usually builds it under licence. The bureau negotiates these licences with the foreign firm and pays for them from the reserves of the Treasury. A Japanese toaster found on shelves across the country is generally one of them.

Departments 6 departments, 17 offices, 5,610 staff

Department of Permits & Licensing

510

Export permits, issued at the end of each quarter; the permit fee.

  • Office of Export Permits

  • Office of Domestic Saturation

  • Office of Port Stamps

Department of the Levy

510

The federal levy on exports, including the hydrocarbons levy.

  • Office of General Levy

  • Office of Hydrocarbons Levy

  • Office of Exemptions

Department of Import Credits

340

Import credits for exporting firms and municipalities; the register of credits held.

  • Office of Credit Issue

  • Office of Credit Accounts

Department of Intellectual Property

340

The registry of patents and marks; licences for foreign designs.

  • Patents & Trade Marks Office

  • Office of Foreign Licences

Department of International Trade

1,600

Foreign markets, export controls and unfair trade practices.

  • Office of Export Controls

    3 stations

  • Office of Foreign Markets

  • Office of Commercial Intelligence

Regional Export Offices

2,310

Regional offices issuing the bureau's permits.

  • Boreal Export Office

    2 stations

  • Austral Export Office

    3 stations

  • Occidental Export Office

    3 stations

  • Oriental Export Office

    2 stations
Interwork Detachments What is a detachment?
Federal Permanent Aid Coordination Detachment
with Bureau of Foreign Alms & Relief, Parliament of State
Routes exported goods earmarked for aid through the Parliament of State
Constituents 5 bodies
National Patent & Trade Mark Registry
Registration of patents and trade marks.
Intellectual Property Arbitration Board
Arbitration of copyright, patent and trade mark disputes before they reach the courts.
Commonwealth Commercial Service
Sale of Vekllei goods abroad; liaison between industry and foreign buyers.
Commonwealth Trade Commission
Liaison with foreign firms trading in Vekllei commodities.
Commonwealth Trade Missions Service
(CTMS): Commercial attachΓ©s at the Commonwealth’s embassies.