{"id":6965,"date":"2026-03-28T07:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moci.website.so\/?page_id=6965"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:52:52","slug":"mandate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6965\" class=\"elementor elementor-6965\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88beb3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"88beb3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c142091 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c142091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdf761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-woocommerce-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"2bdf761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3727043 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3727043\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b891225 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b891225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec94fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ec94fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd25df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edd25df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mandate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c6ee2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26c6ee2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ministry of Commerce & Industry is the Federal Government of Somalia\u2019s lead institution on private-sector development, trade, industrial policy, business registration, consumer protection, and cooperatives. Our mandate is derived from the Provisional Federal Constitution, the Council of Ministers\u2019 instruments of the Federal Government, and sector laws and regulations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8665e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8665e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1781170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1781170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" src=\"https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559.png 1600w, https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559-1536x1025.png 1536w, https:\/\/moci.gov.so\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image_2026-04-19_131508559-600x401.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68332e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68332e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779bbb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"779bbb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Core duties<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e92655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tj-accordion\" data-id=\"2e92655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tj-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n  <div data-wow-delay=\"0.3s\" class=\"accordion tj-faq-style style-2 wow fadeInUp\" id=\"faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item active\">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button \"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-1\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Business registration & licensing        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-1\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Operate the Somalia Business Registration and Licensing System (SBRLS) at ebusiness.gov.so. Register companies, single proprietors, cooperatives, and industrial firms under the Company Law (2019), Company Law Regulation (2021), and MoCI tariff schedule.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-2\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Trade policy & foreign trade.        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-2\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Negotiate and implement trade agreements: AfCFTA (Somalia ratified, strategy published), COMESA (member), EAC (accession in progress), Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) trade facilitation roadmap. Operate STIP (stip.gov.so).\n\n<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-3\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Domestic trade & export promotion.        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-3\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Run the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) on the Somali\u2013Kenyan border. Implement the National Export Development & Promotion Strategy. Operate the Fuel Market Monitoring Unit (FMMU).<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-4\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Industrial development.        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-4\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Lead implementation of Siyaasada Warshadaha (national Industrial Policy). Work with UNIDO on sector assessments and SEZs.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-5\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Consumer protection & competition.        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-5\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Protect consumers from unsafe or substandard goods; enforce competition policy; coordinate with Somalia Bureau of Standards (SoBS).<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          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class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>Maintain the Trademark Registry under Trade Mark Law No. 3 of 1955 (as amended 1975 & 1987).<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button collapsed\"\n          data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n          data-bs-target=\"#faq-1-2e92655-8\"\n          aria-expanded=\"false\">\n          Policy, planning & research.        <\/button>\n        <div\n          id=\"faq-1-2e92655-8\"\n          class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \"\n          data-bs-parent=\"#faqOne-2e92655\">\n          <div class=\"accordion-body faq-text\">\n            <p>\u00a0Produce sector analysis, trade statistics, and evidence for ministry and Council of Ministers' decisions.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"accordion-item tj-faq-item \">\n        <button\n          class=\"accordion-button 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