Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Department of Commerce
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1961-1985
History
The setting up of a Bureau of Commerce in 1931 was recommended in the Industrial Commission Report (Sessional paper I of 1922) and the Report of the Committee appointed to report on the advisability of appointing a Commission to find new markets for Ceylon produce and to stimulate the Export Trade of Ceylon generally. The activities it performed were the publication of the Trade Journal, appointment of Trade Fairs abroad.
The Registrar General and the Director of Commercial Intelligence carried out the functions assigned to him under commerce and industry, until the creation of the Department of Commerce and Industries in 1938.
The Ministry of Commerce and Trade was established on 26th September, 1947 and with the inauguration of the new constitution.
The Registrar General and the Director of Commercial Intelligence carried out the functions assigned to him under commerce and industry, until the creation of the Department of Commerce and Industries in 1938.
The Ministry of Commerce and Trade was established on 26th September, 1947 and with the inauguration of the new constitution.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Control area
Description identifier
LK-NA/DC
Institution identifier
LK-NA
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Final
Level of detail
Minimal
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin