Vehicles worth $300,000 were donated to three separate bodies by the World Trade Organisation (W.T.O) yesterday.
The trucks were presented to The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour (M.C.I.L.), the Samoa Trust Estate Corporation (S.T.E.C.) and Women in Business Development Inc. (W.I.B.D.I) under the Organisation’s Enhanced Integrated
Framework (E.I.F.) for Trade-Related Assistance for Least Developed Countries (L.D.C.s), Tier-2.
The different bodies received the keys to the vehicles at the Trade, Commerce and Manufacturing Sector Annual Review at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel.
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M.C.I.L. Chief Executive Officer, Auelua Samuelu Enari said in his keynote speech that the process had been a challenge with some milestones achieved and more to be done.
“To date a Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Sector Plan 2012-2016 has been implemented,” he said.
“The Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Sector Plan is Samoa’s strategic tool for delivering public and private supports, interventions in both foreign and domestic trade as well as in relation to manufacturing and value addition in the key production sectors.
“The Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Sector Plan is therefore the overriding strategy for promoting sustainable and inclusive growth.”
Auelua said Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Sector Plan was launched in 2012 with the hope that the government would push the trading of goods that were being produced not only in the country but also products being exporting outside of the country.
“There are three ways of trading the first one is trade in goods, the second is trade in services and the last one is trade in intellectual property,” said the C.E.O.
He said the government was trying to push all three ways – by having the products to trade, jobs for the people and businesses for them to work in.
According to an event spokesperson the Review was an opportunity to discuss what has been achieved in the three areas in regards to Samoa’s development strategy and what more should be done to strengthen development of the sector.
They said it was the place where stakeholders could exchange ideas on how to further develop the interaction between public agencies, private institutions, non-government organisations and the people.
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