REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Ministry of Commerce, Trade & Industry New Government Complex (8th - 10th floors) Along Nasser Road Lusaka Tel: +260 211 228301/9 Shorthorn Printers Ltd. Tel: +260 211 240 120 REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................ ..iii FOREWORD .............................................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... vii 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 Mandate and Functions .............................................................................................................. 1 Vision Statement ........................................................................................................................ 1 Mission Statement ....................................................................................................................... 1 Policy and Department Structure ............................................................................................... 2 Top Management Level Structure of the Ministry in 2018 ....................................................... 3 2.0 DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS .................................................................................4 3.0 STATUTORY BODIES AND INSTITUTION FUNCTIONS ......................................5 4.0 2018 PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS......................6 4.1 General Overview .......................................................................................................6 4.2 Management and Administration ................................................................................6 4.2.1 Human Resource Management..................................................................................6 4.3 Planning and Budget Implementation.........................................................................8 4.3.1 Ministerial Annual Work Plans and Budget ..............................................................8 4.3.2 Budget Performance ................................................................................................ 8 4.3.3 Internal Audit .....................................................................................................10 4.4 Policy, Strategy and Regulation Reforms/Law Development ..................................10 4.4.1 Policy Development:..........................................................................................10 4.4.2 Strategy Development:................................ ....................................................... 11 4.4.3 Regulation/Law Development ........................................................................... 12 4.5 Ease of Doing Business Reform................................................................................ 13 4.6 Investment Promotion ............................................................................................... 13 4.7 Export Promotion ................................ ...................................................................... 15 4.8 Domestic Trade and Competition ................................ ............................................. 15 4.8.1 Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal ............................................... 15 4.8.2 Product Safety , Standards and Quality .............................................................. 16 4.9 Trade Promotion................................ ........................................................................ 16 4.10 Intellectual Property Rights................................ ....................................................... 17 4.11 Formalization of Informal Sector Trade................................................................ .... 17 4.12 Trade Facilitation and Expansion..............................................................................17 2018 Annual Report Page i 4.13 Business Linkage Programme ................................................................................... 20 4.14 Cooperatives Development ....................................................................................... 21 4.15 Industrial Development ............................................................................................. 23 4.16 Information Provision and Dissemination................................................................ 26 4.17 Annual Reporting Requirements ............................................................................... 26 4.18 Events and Cross Cutting Issues ............................................................................... 26 5.0 DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE MINISTRY......................................................27 6.0 CHALLENGES ............................................................................................................31 7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS..............................................................................................31 8.0 CONCLUSION AND 2019 OUTLOOK............................................................................32 Page ii 2018 Annual Report LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACP African Caribbean and Pacific AGOA African Growth Opportunities Ac AU African Union BDS Business Development Support CCPC Competition and Consumer Protection Commission CEEC Citizen's Economic Empowerment Commission COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CTI Commerce, Trade and Industry DRC Democratic Republic of Congo EIA Environment Impact Assessment EIF Enhanced Integrated Framework EPAs Economic Partnership Agreements ESA Eastern and Southern Africa EU European Union FDI Foreign Direct Investment FOCAC Forum for the China-Africa Cooperation FTA Free Trade Area GDP Gross Domestic Product GLTF2 Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project ICT Information Communication Technology IPR Intellectual Property Rights ITC International Trade Centre KIZ KAIZEN Institute of Zambia LCTFP Lobito Corridor Trade Facilitation Project LDCs Least Developed Countries LS-MFEZ Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone LuSE Lusaka Stock Exchange MCTI Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry MFEZ Multi-Facility Economic Zone MoU Memorandum of Understanding MSME Micro Small and Medium Enterprise MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NEST National Export Strategy NIP National Industrial Policy NIU National Implementation Unit NQP National Quality Policy NTBs Non-Tariff Barriers NTEs Non-Traditional Exports OSBP One-Stop-Border Post OSS One Stop Shop PACRA Patents and Companies Registration Agency RDC Recurrent Departmental Charges RISM Regional Integration Support Mechanism SADC Southern Africa Development Community SADC TRF SADC Trade Related Facility Project SNDP Seventh National Development Plan SPS Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary SPT SADC Protocol on Trade UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization WB World Bank 2018 Annual Report Page iii WTO World Trade Organization ZABS Zambia Bureau of Standards ZACS Zambia Agricultural and Commercial Show ZAM Zambia Association of Manufacturers ZAMCOPS Zambia Music Copyright Protection Society ZARRSO Zambia Reprographics Right Society ZATP Zambia Agribusiness and Trade Project ZCSA Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency ZDA Zambia Development Agency ZMA Zambia Metrology Agency Page iv 2018 Annual Report FOREWORD The 2018 Annual Report highlights milestones attained by the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry during the implementation of programmes and activities in 2018 as guided in the National Development Plan. The Ministry has eight Statutory Bodies that are mandated to implement its statutes and programmes. These are Zambia Development Agency (ZDA); Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS); Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC); Zambia Metrology Agency (ZMA); Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency (ZCSA); Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA); Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC); and Business Regulatory Review Agency (BRRA). In the period under review, the Ministry recorded a number of successes despite the many challenges faced. Among them was the launch of the 2018-2021 Ministerial Strategic Plan alongside the National Industrial Policy, National Local content Strategy and National Investment Promotion Strategy. These documents shaped the focus of the Ministry in the review period. As outlined in the Strategic Plan, the Ministry will continue to focus on promoting the growth and competiveness of industry and commerce as espoused in the 7th National development Plan and Industrialization and Job Creation Strategy. thereby, contributing to wealth and job creation. in to create an enabling business to spur the growth and development of enterprises including cooperatives. In the area of Cooperatives development, the Ministry implemented further measures to streamline the administration of Cooperatives. Sensitisation efforts to increase value chain development of cooperatives resulted in the registration of 74 Cooperatives in the non- agriculture sector. Other notable highlights of 2018, were the operationalization of two projects, the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project (GLTFP) that facilitates cross border trade by increasing the capacity for commerce and reducing the