Serie 01 - General Files

12, 728 paper files

In this Series one may find files which belonged to the Department of Trade from 1955 onwards. The files cover a mix of subjects such as licenses, service sales, human resources, finance, among others.

In 1964 the Department of Trade and Industry was split in two. Hence, although the Department of Trade was created in 1964, the files of the Department date back to 1955 as the functions and procedures related to trade mainly stayed the same.

In 1964, the Department of Trade and Industry was split into two separate departments. As a result, while the Department of Trade was formally established in 1964, its records date back to 1955, since many of the trade-related functions and procedures remained unchanged.

More paper files will be made accessible for research once 30 years from date of creation have lapsed. The files go up to 2001.

The original file number assigned to each file by the originating office was retained as the Item number.

For ease of accessibility, the paper files were divided into Subseries by year of creation.

These records are located in an off-site repository, thus documents will not be delivered on the same day. Kindly contact the officers in the Reading Room, who will inform you when the next delivery will take place and set an appointment accordingly.

Revised in September 2023; 22/08/2024; 02/12/2024

A list was assembled by the Commerce Department prior to transfer to the National Archives of Malta.

The archival description of these files was imported on: 02/12/2024